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JAMES PRINSEP (1999-1840)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 350 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAMES See also:PRINSEP (1999-1840)  , Anglo-See also:Indian See also:scholar and See also:antiquary, was See also:born on the loth of See also:August 1799 . In 1819 he was given an See also:appointment in the See also:Calcutta See also:mint, where he ultimately became assay-See also:master, succeeding H . H . See also:Wilson, whom he likewise succeeded as secretary of the See also:Asiatic Society . Apart from architectural See also:work (chiefly at See also:Benares), his leisure was devoted to Indian See also:inscriptions and See also:numismatics, and he is remembered as the first to decipher and translate the See also:rock edicts of See also:Asoka . Returning to See also:England in 1838 in broken See also:health, he died in See also:London on the 22nd of See also:April 184o . See also:Prinsep's See also:Ghat, an archway on the See also:bank of the See also:Hugli, was erected to his memory by the citizens of Calcutta .

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