Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cordery, John Graham

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CORDERY, JOHN GRAHAM (1833–1900)

I.C.S. : educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford : went out to the Panjab in 1856 : while at Peshawar, he translated the Iliad into English verse : served in Berar : was D.P.I, in the Panjab in 1872 : Commissioner of Peshawar : Resident at Hyderabad, 1883 : C.S.I. : retired, 1888 : translated the Odyssey : died April 8, 1900.