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Born January 23, 1814 • London • England
Died November 28, 1893 (aged 79) • London • England • (Anniversary in 7 days)
Subjects Of Study Buddhism
Harsha
Indian emperor
Robert Bruce Foote
British geologist and archaeologist
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
English politician and author
Lord Curzon
Lord Curzon
British foreign secretary
Clement Attlee
Clement Attlee
prime minister of United Kingdom
Bentinck, Lord William
Lord William Bentinck
British government official
Edward VII
Edward VII
king of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Ripon, oil painting by George Frederic Watts, 1895; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st marquess of Ripon
British statesman
Sir Philip Francis, detail of an oil painting by J. Lonsdale; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Philip Francis
British politician
Northbrook, Thomas George Baring, 1st earl of
Thomas George Baring, 1st earl of Northbrook
British statesman
Earl Amherst, detail of an oil painting after A. Devis; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Pitt Amherst, lst Earl Amherst
British diplomat
Faxian
Chinese Buddhist monk
Lord Cromer, detail of an oil painting by John Singer Sargent, 1902; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Evelyn Baring, 1st earl of Cromer
British diplomat
Sir Flinders Petrie, detail of an oil painting by George Frederic Watts, 1900; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Sir Flinders Petrie
British archaeologist
Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor
Indian politician
Mirabehn
Mirabehn
British-born activist
1st Viscount Chelmsford
Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
British statesman
Napier, Robert Napier, 1st Baron
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier
British field marshal
Louis S.B. Leakey
Louis Leakey
Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
British colonial official