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on 6 March 1832 p. 3, giving a list of his achievements and intended activities, along with testimonials, including one from a rival candidate, as to his suitability for the post. In 1836 he was appointed librarian to the East India Company. He also taught at the
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in Calcutta. He was one of the staunchest opponents of the proposal that English should be made the sole medium of instruction in native schools, and became for a time the object of bitter attacks.
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A glossary of judicial and revenue terms and of useful words occurring in official documents relating to the administration of the government of British India
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Wilson became deeply interested in the ancient language and literature of India, and was the first person to translate the
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He acted for many years as secretary to the committee of public instruction, and superintended the studies of the
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and traditional Indian medical and surgical practices. He compiled the local practices observed for
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Historical Sketch of the First Burmese War, with Documents, Political and Geographical
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An Introduction to the Grammar of Sanskrit Language for the Use of Early Students
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Ariana Antiqua: A descriptive account of the antiquities and coins of Afghanistan
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The Record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of Natural Knowledge
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Wilson, H. H. (1826), "On the native practice in cholera, with remarks",
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Mackenzie Collection: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Oriental Manuscripts
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Wilson, H. H. (1825), "Kushta, or leprosy, as known to the Hindus",
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He married Frances Siddons, a grand-daughter of the famous actress
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Travels in the Himalyayan Provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab...
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selected Wilson to be the first occupant of the newly founded
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Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta
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Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta
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The Vishnu Purána: a system of Hindu mythology and tradition
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Rig-veda Sanhitá : a collection of ancient Hindu hymns
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Review of the External Commerce of Bengal from 1813 to 1828
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text with a free translation in English rhymed verse of
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(1930). 255:) and partly at Madras ( 154:through her son George. 751:16 October 2023 at the 680:Encyclopædia Britannica 133:Henry Thomas Colebrooke 115:Boden chair of Sanskrit 67:He studied medicine at 867:Monier Monier-Williams 599:Metaphysics of Puranas 507:Religion of the Hindus 499:Religion of the Hindus 380:Expanded edition, 1846 197:He prepared the first 194: 187:, or Cloud-Messenger. 41: 903:Christopher Minkowski 755:, accessed 9 Oct 2007 675:Wilson, Horace Hayman 587:Theatre of the Hindus 579:Theatre of the Hindus 216:He was interested in 193: 181:'s lyrical poem, the 159:Kensal Green Cemetery 145:Royal Asiatic Society 79:establishment of the 35: 960:Sanskrit grammarians 854:Horace Hayman Wilson 808:at Wikimedia Commons 806:Horace Hayman Wilson 241:Mackenzie Collection 69:St Thomas's Hospital 45:Horace Hayman Wilson 955:British Indologists 702:accessed 9 Oct 2007 362:, co-authored with 259:). He also wrote a 83:. 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Index

H.H. Wilson

James Atkinson
orientalist
Boden Professor of Sanskrit
Oxford University
St Thomas's Hospital
India
Bengal
British East India Company
metallurgy
mint
Calcutta
John Leyden
Sanskrit College
Oxford University
Boden chair of Sanskrit
The Times
East India Company College
Henry Thomas Colebrooke
Asiatic Society of Bengal
Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta
Royal Asiatic Society
Sarah Siddons
Kensal Green Cemetery
Rigveda
Sanskrit
Kalidasa
Meghadūta

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