Person Colebrooke; Henry Thomas (1765 - 1837) Colebrooke Henry Thomas 1765 - 1837 British Male London, England 15 June 1765 10 March 1837

Career: Writer, Bengal Service (1782); studied Hindu law and suttee; Envoy to Nagpur (1799-1801); Judge, Calcutta (1801); President of the Bench (1805); published 'Essay on the Vedas' (1805), a Sanskrit Grammar (1805) and Sansjrit Lexicon (1808); Member of the Bengal Council (1807-1812); returned to England (1814); wrote on Hindu mathematics and philosophy; became totally blind and died after years of 'bodily helplessness' Second surviving son of Sir George Colebrooke; younger brother of Sir James Edward Colebrooke (FRS 1821) Fellow 22/02/1816 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1837 No 30 pp 10-12 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 15 Jun 1765 - 10 Mar 1837 NA7446 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 7e32be2c-c534-4c1b-a187-0253e4965808