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Born December 3, 1742 • England
Died March 29, 1830 (aged 87) • London • England
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1791)
Notable Works “A Bengal Atlas”

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Rennell, detail from a pencil sketch by G. Dance, 1794; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.
al-Bīrūnī
Persian scholar and scientist
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
Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor
Indian politician
Mirabehn
Mirabehn
British-born activist
Napier, Robert Napier, 1st Baron
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier
British field marshal
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
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence
British colonial official
Mountstuart Elphinstone
British colonial official
Lord Canning
Charles John Canning, Earl Canning
British official
Louis Mountbatten.
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten
British statesman
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet.
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet
British statesman
John Crawfurd
British scholar and diplomat
George Eden, earl of Auckland
governor general of India
Earl of Ellenborough, detail of an oil painting by F.R. Say, c. 1845; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Edward Law, earl of Ellenborough
British governor of India
Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd marquess of Linlithgow
British statesman and viceroy of India
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th earl of Minto
British official