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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Theagaraya Chetty.

of Commerce, Madras, since its start. Address: Tondiarpet, Madras.

Theog, Thakur of; Padam Chand, b. 1886; s. of Thakur Shamsherchand; suc. 1909; exercises Criminal and Civil powers in his estate; area of the estate, 144 sq. miles; population, 6,000; revenue, 10,000; pays a tribute of 500 rupees to the Raja of Keonthal. Address: Theog, Simla Hill States, Punjab, India.

Thibaut, George Frederick William, Ph.D., C.I.E., (1906); Carmichaol Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture, Calcutta University: s. of Karl Thibaut, Librarian of the Heidelberg University; b. at Heidelberg, 1848; educ: at the Gymnasium, Heidelberg and Berlin; proceeded to England, 1871; was Assistant to late Professor Max Müller in the preparation of the Rig Veda; joined the Indian Educational Department as Professor of Anglo-Sanskrit, Banares College, 1875; Principal of the College, 1879-88; joined the Muir Central College, Allahabad, as Professor, 1888-95; became its Principal, 1895; was Superintendent of Sanskrit studies in the United Provinces; retired from Government service, 1906; Registrar, Calcutta University, 1907. Publications: on the Sulva Sutras; the Sulva Sutra of Baudhayana, with translation; the Arthasangaraha on Purvamimamsa with trans lation; the Panchasidanthamtika; the Astronomical work of Varaha Mihirh with Translation (in collaboration with Pandit Sudhakara Divivedi); the Vedanta-Sutras; Indian Astronomy, Astrology and Mathematics in Buhlers Encyclopaedia of Indian Research; Edited (with Mr. R. Griffith) “The Benares Sanskrit Series”. Address: 46, Wellesley Street, Calcutta.

Thomas, Frederick William, M.A., Hon. Ph.D. (Munich); b. 1867; educ: King Edward’s School, Birmingham, and Trinity College, Cambridge; Assistant Master, King Edward’s School, Birmingham, 1891-98; Assistant Librarian, India Office, 1898-1903; Reader in Tibetan, London University; Lecturer in Comparative Philology, London University. Member, Council of the Royal Asiatic Society. m. Eleanor Grace, d. of Walter Hammond of the Grange, 1908. Publications: Translation of the Sanskrit Harsacarita of Bana (with Professor Cowell); British Education in India; Mutual Influence of Muhammadans and Hindus in India; etc. Address: Filston, Shoreham, Kent. Club: Royal Societies.

Thomas, Henry Sullivan, I.C.S., (retired); educ: at Haileybury; joined the service, 1855; Collector and Magistrate in several districts, 1867-78; Acting Member, Board of Revenue, Madras, 1878; Secretarv to Government, 1878-79; 2nd Member, Board of Revenue; 1881; 1st Member, 1884; Member, Legislative Council, 1882-85; on special duty in connection with the Pearl Fisheries of Tuticorin and Ceylon, 1884; Fellow, Madras University; Member and President, Board of Examiners, 1886; retired, 1889. Recreations: The Rod in India, 1881; Tank Angling in India, 1887; A report of Pearl Fisheries and Chank Fisheries,

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