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Details for Henry Whitelock Torrens

ID1320
NameHenry Whitelock Torrens
TypepersName
Notesborn: 20 May 1806 in Canterbury, UK;

died: 6 August 1852 in Calcutta;

gender: male;

details:

a British essayist, journalist and scholar;

arrived in India in 1828 after obtaining writership by the East India Company;

joined the Secretariat in 1835 in which he served in several departments under William Hay Macnaghten;

held the title of secretary to the Board of Customs, Salt and Opium in 1840 (Anonymous 184: 159);

secretary (1840–1846) and a Vice-President (1843–1845) to the Asiatic Society of Bengal;

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SurnameTorrens
Name XML file Year reliable?
Henry Whitelock Torrens DNA_0004_0031 (n) 1840 (VS 1897) yes
Torrens DNA_0004_0031 1840 (VS 1897) yes
टारन्साहव DNA_0004_0031 1840 (VS 1897) yes

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