| LC control no. | n 85149151 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Eastwick, Edward Backhouse, 1814-1883 |
| Variant(s) | Eastwick, E. B. (Edward Backhouse), 1814-1883 Eastwick, Edward B. Eastwick, J. B., 1814-1883 |
| Associated country | Great Britain India Venezuela |
| Birth date | 1814 |
| Death date | 1883-07-16 |
| Place of death | Ventnor (England) |
| Field of activity | Oriental philology |
| Affiliation | Haileybury College Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons |
| Profession or occupation | Scholars Diplomats Legislators |
| Found in | Handbook of the Bombay Presidency, 1881: p. iii (Edward B. Eastwick) A glance at Sind before Napier, 1973: t.p. (E.B. Eastwick) A vocabulary of the Scindee language, 1843: t.p. (Captain J.B. Eastwick, assistant political agent, Upper Scinde) LC data base, 2/22/88 (hdg.: Eastwick, Edward Backhouse, 1814-1883) Wikipedia, viewed 2 June 2015 (Edward Backhouse Eastwick CB (1814-16 July 1883, Ventnor, Isle of Wight) was a British orientalist, diplomat and Conservative Member of Parliament. He joined the Bombay infantry in 1836, but, owing to his talent for languages, was soon given a political post. In 1845 he was appointed professor of Hindustani at Haileybury College. From 1860 to 1863 he was in Persia as secretary to the British Legation. In 1866 he became private secretary to the secretary of state for India, Lord Cranborne, and in 1867 went on a government mission to Venezuela) |
| Associated language | eng |
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