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Richard Burn (Indologist)

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Sir Richard Burn, CSI (1 February 1871 – 26 July 1947), was a civil servant in British India, historian of India and numismatist. [1]

20 relations: A & C Black, Christ Church, Oxford, Herbert Hope Risley, Indian Civil Service (British India), Kaisar-i-Hind Medal, Liverpool Institute High School for Boys, Numismatics, Order of the Star of India, Oxford University Press, Presidencies and provinces of British India, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Numismatic Society, Royal Society of Arts, The Asiatic Society, The Cambridge History of India, The Imperial Gazetteer of India, The Numismatic Society of India, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, Who's Who (UK), William Stevenson Meyer.

A & C Black

A & C Black is a British book publishing company, owned since 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing.

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Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church (Ædes Christi, the temple or house, ædēs, of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.

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Herbert Hope Risley

Sir Herbert Hope Risley (4 January 1851 – 30 September 1911) was a British ethnographer and colonial administrator, a member of the Indian Civil Service who conducted extensive studies on the tribes and castes of the Bengal Presidency.

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Indian Civil Service (British India)

The Indian Civil Service (ICS) for part of the 19th century officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the elite higher civil service of the British Empire in British India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.

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Kaisar-i-Hind Medal

The Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India was a medal awarded by the British monarch between 1900 and 1947, to "any person without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex...

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Liverpool Institute High School for Boys

The Liverpool Institute High School for Boys was an all-boys grammar school in the English port city of Liverpool.

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Numismatics

Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.

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Order of the Star of India

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The Provinces of India, earlier Presidencies of British India and still earlier, Presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in the subcontinent.

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Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as the Royal Asiatic Society (RAS), was established, according to its Royal Charter of 11 August 1824, to further "the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia." From its incorporation the Society has been a forum, through lectures, its journal, and other publications, for scholarship relating to Asian culture and society of the highest level.

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Royal Numismatic Society

The Royal Numismatic Society (RNS) is a learned society and charity based in London, United Kingdom which promotes research into all branches of numismatics.

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Royal Society of Arts

The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a London-based, British organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges.

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The Asiatic Society

The Asiatic Society was founded by civil servant Sir William Jones on 15 January 1784 in a meeting presided over by Sir William Jones, Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William at the Fort William in Calcutta, then capital of the British Raj, to enhance and further the cause of Oriental research.

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The Cambridge History of India

The Cambridge History of India was a major work of historical scholarship published in five volumes between 1922 and 1937 by Cambridge University Press.

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The Imperial Gazetteer of India

The Imperial Gazetteer of India was a gazetteer of the British Indian Empire, and is now a historical reference work.

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The Numismatic Society of India

The Numismatic Society of India is the premier numismatic society in India.

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United Provinces of Agra and Oudh

The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh was a province of India under the British Raj, which existed from 1902 to 1947; the official name was shortened by the Government of India Act 1935 to United Provinces (UP), by which the province had been commonly known, and by which name it was also a province of independent India until 1950.

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Who's Who (UK)

Who's Who is a leading source of biographical data on more than 33,000 influential people from around the world.

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William Stevenson Meyer

Sir William Stevenson Meyer (13 February 1860 - 19 October 1922) was an Indian Civil Service officer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Burn_(Indologist)

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