| LC control no. | nr 88003150 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Muir, J. (John), 1810-1882 |
| Variant(s) | Muir, John, 1810-1882 |
| Associated country | Scotland India |
| Birth date | 1810-02-05 |
| Death date | 1882-03-07 |
| Place of birth | Glasgow (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Edinburgh (Scotland) |
| Field of activity | Indology Civil service Justice, Administration of |
| Affiliation | Indian Civil Service |
| Profession or occupation | Civil servant Judges Indologists |
| Found in | Religious and moral sentiments metrically rendered from Sanskrit writers, 1875: t.p. (J. Muir, D.C.L., LL.D., Ph.D.) LC in RLIN, 4-14-88 (hdg.: Muir, John, 1810-1882; usage: J. Muir) Wikipedia, viewed 29 March 2018 (Dr John Muir CIE FRSEDCL LLD (5 February 1810 - 7 March 1882) was a Scottish Sanskrit scholar and Indologist and judge in India. Born in Glasgow, he arrived in India with the East India Company in 1829 as a civil servant, working first in Bengal. In 1844, he was appointed to be the first principal of Victoria College, Benaras. From 1842 to 1853 he was a Session Judge in the court at Futtehpore. He left the Indian Civil Service in 1853 and returned to Edinburgh. In 1861 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was a D.C.L. of Oxford, LL.D. of Edinburgh and Ph.D. of Bonn, and was one of the first to receive the distinction of Companion of the Indian Empire. Muir died on 7 March 1882, at 10 Merchiston Avenue, Edinburgh.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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