Temple, Richard Carnac, Sir, 1850-1931

LC control no.	n 50036745
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Temple, Richard Carnac, Sir, 1850-1931 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Temple, R. C. (Richard Carnac), Sir, 1850-1931 Temple, Richard Carnác, Sir, bart., 1850-1931 Ṭimpal, Ār. Sī., Sir, 1850-1931
Associated country	England
Associated place	India Afghanistan Burma
Birth date	1850-10-15
Death date	1931-03-03
Place of birth	Allahabad (India)
Place of death	Territet (Switzerland)
Field of activity	Armed Forces Literature Colonies--Administration
Profession or occupation	Armies--Officers Asianists Colonial administrators Editors
Found in	His The Indian antiquary. His Ḥikāyāt-i Panjāb, 1990-: v. 1, t.p. (Ār. Sī. Ṭimpal) The black pamphlet, 1875: page 5 (Sir Richard Temple) Oxford dictionary of national biography online, viewed May 20, 2015 (Temple, Sir Richard Carnac, second baronet (1850-1931), army officer and oriental scholar, was born at Allahabad, India, on 15 October 1850; He died at Hôtel Bonward, Territet, Vaud, Switzerland, on 3 March 1931; took part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-9); selected in 1879 for the post of cantonment magistrate in the Punjab); promoted in 1891 to be president of the municipality and port-commissioner of Rangoon; from 1921 until his death ... he continued his literary activities, including the editorship of the Indian Antiquary, of which he had been sole editor since 1892. He had an exceptional range of oriental knowledge and interests)
Associated language	eng