See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• HENRY THOMAS COLEBROOKE (1765-1837)

COLEBROOKE (1765-1837)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English Orientalist, the third son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• COLEBROOKE, HENRY THOMAS (1765-1837)

Colebrooke, 2nd See also:

• BARONET

baronet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 15th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1765 . He was educated at See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home; and when only fifteen he had made considerable attainments in See also:

• CLASSICS

classics and See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics . From the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twelve to sixteen he resided in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and in 1782 was appointed to a .writership in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . About a See also:

• YEAR

year after his arrival there he was placed in the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of accounts in See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta; and three years later he was removed to a situation in the See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department at See also:

• TIRHUT, or TIRHOOT

Tirhut . In 1789 he was removed to Purneah, where he investigated the resources of that See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and published his Remarks on the Husbandry and See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

Commerce of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, privately printed in 1795, in which he advocated See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade between See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and India . After eleven years' See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in India, Colebrooke began the study of See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit; and to him was confided the See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the great See also:

• DIGEST

Digest of See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• LAWS

Laws, which had been See also:

• LEFT

left unfinished by Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

Jones . He translated the two See also:

• TREATISES

treatises Mitacshara and Dayabhaga under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law of See also:

• INHERITANCE

Inheritance . He was sent to See also:

• NAGPUR

Nagpur in 1799 on a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• MISSION

mission, and on hia return was made a See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the new See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal, over which he afterwards presided . In 1805 See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• WELLESLEY
• WELLESLEY, RICHARD COLLEY WESLEY (or WELLESLEY)

Wellesley appointed him See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of Hindu Law and Sanskrit at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of Fort William . During his residence at Calcutta he wrote his Sanskrit See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

Grammar (18o5), some papers on the religious ceremonies of the See also:

• HINDUS

Hindus, and his See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

Essay on the Vedas (2805), for a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

• WORK

work on the subject . He became member of See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council in 1807 and returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England seven years later . He died on the 18th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1837 .

He was a director of the See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic Society, and many of the most valuable papers in the society's Transactions were communicated by him . His See also:

• LIFE

life was written by his son, Sir T . E . Colebrooke, in 1873 .