See also:

• SIR

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:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

WILSON See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• SIR WILLIAM WILSON HUNTER (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

HUNTER (1840-19oo)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British publicist, son of See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• GALLOWAY
• GALLOWAY, JOSEPH (1731-1803)
• GALLOWAY, THOMAS (1796-1851)

Galloway See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

Hunter, a See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow manufacturer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Glasgow on the 15th of See also:

• JULY

July 184o . He was educated at Glasgow University (B . A . 186o), See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris and See also:

• BONN

Bonn, acquiring a knowledge of Sanscrit, and passing first in the final examination for the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• CIVIL

Civil Service in 1862 . Posted in the remote See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BIRBHUM

Birbhum in the See also:

• LOWER

lower provinces of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, he began See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting See also:

• LOCAL

local traditions and records, which formed the materials for his novel and suggestive publication, entitled The See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals of Rural Bengal, a See also:

• BOOK

book which did much to stimulate public See also:

• INTEREST

interest in the details of Indian See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . He also compiled A See also:

• COMPARATIVE

Comparative See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of the Non-See also:

• ARYAN

Aryan See also:

• LANGUAGES

Languages of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, a glossary of dialects based mainly upon the collections of See also:

• BRIAN (926-1014)

Brian See also:

• HOUGHTON, RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES, 1ST BARON (1809—1885)

Houghton See also:

• HODGSON, BRIAN HOUGHTON (1800-1894)

Hodgson, which testifies to the See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of the writer but contains much immature philological See also:

• SPECULATION

speculation . In 1872 he brought out two attractive volumes on the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• ORISSA

Orissa and its far-famed See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Jagannath . In 1869 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:

• MAYO
• MAYO, RICHARD SOUTHWELL BOURKE, 6TH EARL OF (1822-1872)

Mayo asked Hunter to submit a See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for a comprehensive statistical survey of the Indian See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . The See also:

• WORK

work involved the compilation of a number of local gazetteers, in various stages of progress, and their consolidation in a condensed See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form upon a single and See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan . The conception was worthy of the gigantic projects formed by See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young and See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• SINCLAIR
• SINCLAIR, SIR JOHN, BART

Sinclair at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and the fact that it was successfully carried through between 1869 and 1881 was owing mainly to the See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and determination of Hunter . The See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of his undertaking was devoted to a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• TOURS

tours which took him into every corner of India . He himself undertook the supervision of the statistical accounts of Bengal (20 vols., 1875–1877) and of See also:

• ASSAM

Assam (2 vols., 1879) .

The various statistical accounts, when completed, comprised no fewer than 128 volumes . The immense task of condensing this See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of material proceeded concurrently with their compilation, an administrative feat which enabled The Imperial Gazetteer of India to appear in 9 volumes in 1881 (2nd ed., 14 vols., 1885–1887; 3rd ed., 26 vols., including See also:

• ATLAS

atlas, 1908) . Hunter adopted a transliteration of See also:

• VERNACULAR (Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave horn in his master's house)

vernacular See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place-names, by which means the correct See also:

• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation is ordinarily indicated; but hardly sufficient See also:

• ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval")

allowance was made for old spellings consecrated by See also:

• HISTORY

history and See also:

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

long usage . Hunter's own See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article on India was published in 188o as A Brief History of the Indian Peoples, and has been widely translated and utilized in Indian See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . A revised form was issued in 1895, under the See also:

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

title of The Indian Empire: its See also:

• PEOPLE

People, History and Products . In 1882 Hunter, as a member of the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general's See also:

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

council, presided over the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission on Indian See also:

• EDUCATION

Education; in 1886 he was elected See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the university of See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta . In 1887 he retired from the service, was created K.C.S.I., and settled at Oaken See also:

• HOLT, SIR JOHN (1642–1710)

Holt, near See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . He arranged with the See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

Press to publish a series of Rulers of India, to which he himself contributed volumes on See also:

• DALHOUSIE, FOX MAULE RAMSAY
• DALHOUSIE, JAMES ANDREW BROUN RAMSAY, 1ST MARQUESS

Dalhousie (1890) and Mayo (1892) . He had previously, in 1875, written an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• LIFE

Life of Lord Mayo, in two volumes . He also wrote a weekly article on Indian affairs for The Times . But the See also:

• GREAT

great task to which he applied himself on his See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England was a history upon a large See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale of the British Dominion in India, two volumes of which only had appeared when he died, carrying the reader barely down to 1700 . He was much hindered by the confused'See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of his materials, a portion of which he arranged and published in 1894 as Bengal See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

Manuscript Records, in three volumes .

A delightful See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, The Old Missionary (1895), and The Thackerays in India (1897), a gossipy See also:

• VOLUME

volume which appeals to all readers of The Newcomes, may be regarded as the relaxations of an Anglo-Indian amid the stress of severer studies . In the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1898-1899, in consequence of the fatigue incurred in a See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to the See also:

• CASPIAN

Caspian and back, on a visit to the sick-See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed of one of his two sons, Hunter was stricken down by a severe attack of See also:

• INFLUENZA (syn. " grip," la grippe)

influenza, which affected his See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart . He died at Oaken Holt on the 6th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1900 .