John Crawfurd

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What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

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5 Fascinating British Coronation Objects

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Born	August 13, 1783 • Islay • Scotland
Died	May 11, 1868 (aged 84) • London • England
Subjects Of Study	Malay language

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

Kocheril Raman Narayanan

president of India

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton

British diplomat and poet

Sir John Hope Simpson

British administrator

al-Bīrūnī

Persian scholar and scientist

Khushwant Singh

Indian writer

Sri Aurobindo

Indian philosopher and yogi

Amanda Smith

American religious leader

Meena Alexander

Indian poet and teacher

Lord Curzon

British foreign secretary

Clement Attlee

prime minister of United Kingdom

Lord William Bentinck

British government official

Shashi Tharoor

Indian politician

Mirabehn

British-born activist

Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier

British field marshal

Edward VII

king of Great Britain and Ireland

John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence

British colonial official

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

Mountstuart Elphinstone

British colonial official

Charles John Canning, Earl Canning

British official

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