149:(1920), the inaugural volume in the series Cambridge Guides to Modern Languages. Previous writers had added their own additions and corrections to the works of their predecessors. "But Anderson broke entirely new ground. He took the language as he found it in modern literature, and, without regard to theories of what Bengali ought to be, he described it as it is."
66:, where he was posted in districts, acted as the Inspector-General of Police, and an Assistant Secretary to the Chief Commissioner. In 1894 he returned to Bengal and served first as Collector and then as Commissioner of Chittagong. He returned to England in 1898 and retired from the ICS in 1900.
42:
in
British India. His father James Anderson was a doctor in the service of the East India Company and his mother was Ellen Mary Garstin. He learned to speak Bengali fluently. He was sent to London at age 7. Educated at
93:
30:(1852-1920) was a member of the Indian Civil Service from 1873 until 1900, and later a lecturer in Bengali at the University of Cambridge. He was a leading authority on Bengali and several other languages.
152:
He made many contributions to the Royal
Asiatic Society's journal on "difficult points of Bengali grammar, idiom, and prosody." He regularly corresponded with the literary circle in Bengal.
471:
476:
491:
181:
Besides Indian languages, J. D. Anderson was scholar of the French language. He had studied at the Paris
University, and had even lectured in French at the Institute.
425:
310:"A short list of words of the Hill Tippera language, with their English equivalents. Also of words of the language spoken by Lushais of the Sylhet frontier"
481:
77:
73:, a post he held for the rest of his life. The university awarded him the honorary degree of M.A. in 1909, and the highest degree of Litt.D.
178:
to a western readership. This was prophetic—Chattopadhyay went on to become one of India's most popular and famous writers.
486:
175:
372:
111:(1885), which was "an excellent comparative vocabulary of that form of speech and of Lushei and Bodo." He published
156:
283:
97:
70:
81:
309:
55:(ICS) examination in 1873, obtaining the highest marks among all the candidates for his English essay.
466:
461:
52:
103:
He did a series of important works on the customs and languages of the Tibeto-Burman inhabitants of
255:
44:
17:
446:
128:
116:
134:
Most of
Anderson's subsequent work focused on the Bengali language. In 1897, he published
119:
being a Sino-Tibetan language of the Boro-Garo subgroup. The following year he published
421:
124:
455:
164:
48:
398:
76:
His wife was
Frances Louisa Cordue. They had seven children. Their eldest son Sir
442:
138:, a "collection of proverbs and sayings in the Chittagong dialect of Bengali."
100:
notes J. D. Anderson's many achievements in the field of language studies.
350:
331:
259:
251:
39:
141:
While teaching in
Cambridge, he published a book on Indian ethnology,
94:
The
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
59:
104:
63:
80:
was also a member of the Indian Civil
Service. Another son
69:
In 1907, Anderson was appointed teacher of
Bengali at the
163:(1918). The book had two illustrations by famous artist
170:
In an article entitled “A New
Bengali Writer” in the
84:
was the Anglican Bishop of Portsmouth and Salisbury.
155:
Anderson translated four stories by famous novelist
145:(1913). A few months before his death, he published
127:, is spoken by a small number of people in today's
191:A Short List of Words of the Hill Tippera Language
109:A Short List of Words of the Hill Tippera Language
96:, Irish linguist and fellow member of the ICS Sir
332:"A Collection of Kachári Folk-Tales and Rhymes"
472:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
197:A Collection of Kachári Folk-Tales and Rhymes
113:A Collection of Kachári Folk-Tales and Rhymes
8:
252:"OBITUARY NOTICE: James Drummond Anderson"
477:Academics of the University of Cambridge
492:British civil servants in British India
239:
203:A Short Vocabulary of the Aka Language
121:A Short Vocabulary of the Aka Language
58:His early service years were spent in
7:
426:Obituary of Dr. J. Drummond Anderson
278:
276:
245:
243:
38:James Drummond Anderson was born in
78:James Drummond Anderson (1886–1968)
373:"A Manual of the Bengali Language"
174:dated 11 July 1918, he introduced
25:
482:People from the Bengal Presidency
443:Works by James Drummond Anderson
250:Grierson, Sir George A. (1921).
227:A Manual of the Bengali Language
147:A Manual of the Bengali Language
18:James Drummond Anderson (d.1920)
123:. Aka language, also known as
1:
62:. He was then transferred to
51:, he passed the prestigious
403:Hathi Trust Digital Library
399:"Indira and other stories;"
176:Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
508:
284:"James Drummond Anderson"
172:Times Literary Supplement
157:Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
432:, volume 31, p. 336
397:Anderson, J. D. (1918).
371:Anderson, J. D. (1920).
349:Anderson, J. D. (2013).
308:Anderson, J. D. (1885).
221:Indira and other stories
161:Indira and other stories
98:George Abraham Grierson
71:University of Cambridge
28:James Drummond Anderson
351:"The Peoples of India"
82:William Louis Anderson
377:MIT Internet Archive
215:The Peoples of India
143:The Peoples of India
53:Indian Civil Service
487:British Indologists
209:Chittagong Proverbs
136:Chittagong Proverbs
92:In an obituary in
447:Project Gutenberg
336:Project Gutenberg
129:Arunachal Pradesh
16:(Redirected from
499:
414:
413:
411:
409:
394:
388:
387:
385:
383:
368:
362:
361:
359:
357:
346:
340:
339:
330:Anderson, J. D.
327:
321:
320:
318:
316:
305:
299:
298:
296:
294:
280:
271:
270:
268:
266:
247:
117:Kachari language
21:
507:
506:
502:
501:
500:
498:
497:
496:
452:
451:
439:
422:Crooke, William
418:
417:
407:
405:
396:
395:
391:
381:
379:
370:
369:
365:
355:
353:
348:
347:
343:
329:
328:
324:
314:
312:
307:
306:
302:
292:
290:
288:Ancestry (U.K.)
282:
281:
274:
264:
262:
249:
248:
241:
236:
187:
107:. He published
90:
36:
34:Life and career
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
505:
503:
495:
494:
489:
484:
479:
474:
469:
464:
454:
453:
450:
449:
438:
437:External links
435:
434:
433:
416:
415:
389:
363:
341:
322:
300:
272:
238:
237:
235:
232:
231:
230:
224:
218:
212:
206:
200:
194:
186:
183:
125:Hruso language
89:
86:
35:
32:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
504:
493:
490:
488:
485:
483:
480:
478:
475:
473:
470:
468:
465:
463:
460:
459:
457:
448:
444:
441:
440:
436:
431:
427:
423:
420:
419:
404:
400:
393:
390:
378:
374:
367:
364:
352:
345:
342:
337:
333:
326:
323:
311:
304:
301:
289:
285:
279:
277:
273:
261:
257:
253:
246:
244:
240:
233:
228:
225:
222:
219:
216:
213:
210:
207:
204:
201:
198:
195:
192:
189:
188:
184:
182:
179:
177:
173:
168:
166:
165:Nandalal Bose
162:
158:
153:
150:
148:
144:
139:
137:
132:
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
110:
106:
101:
99:
95:
87:
85:
83:
79:
74:
72:
67:
65:
61:
56:
54:
50:
46:
41:
33:
31:
29:
19:
429:
406:. Retrieved
402:
392:
380:. Retrieved
376:
366:
354:. Retrieved
344:
335:
325:
313:. Retrieved
303:
291:. Retrieved
287:
263:. Retrieved
226:
220:
214:
208:
202:
196:
190:
185:Publications
180:
171:
169:
160:
154:
151:
146:
142:
140:
135:
133:
120:
112:
108:
102:
91:
75:
68:
57:
37:
27:
26:
467:1920 deaths
462:1852 births
408:22 February
382:21 February
356:21 February
315:20 February
293:22 February
265:20 February
456:Categories
234:References
45:Cheltenham
430:Folk-Lore
131:, India.
260:25209710
115:(1895),
40:Calcutta
424:(ed),
258:
229:(1920)
223:(1918)
217:(1913)
211:(1897)
205:(1896)
199:(1895)
193:(1885)
60:Bengal
256:JSTOR
105:Assam
88:Works
64:Assam
49:Rugby
410:2023
384:2023
358:2023
317:2023
295:2023
267:2023
47:and
445:at
458::
428:,
401:.
375:.
334:.
286:.
275:^
254:.
242:^
167:.
159:,
412:.
386:.
360:.
338:.
319:.
297:.
269:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.