Dictionary of Indian Biography/Broadfoot, William
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BROADFOOT, WILLIAM (1841–)
Born Oct. 15, 1841: son of Alexander Broadfoot: educated privately and at Addiscombe: joined the Royal Engineers, 1860: Major, 1881, on retirement: served with the Hazara Field Force, 1868: in the Irrigation Department in the Panjab, 1864–8: Assistant Secretary to the Panjab Government, 1868–78: has written The Career of Major George Broadfoot, C.B., 1888: Billiards in the Badminton Library: numerous articles in the principal Reviews, Magazines, the Athenæum, the Times Encyclopædia Britannica, Biographies in the D.N.B., and the R.E. Journal: F.R.G.S: is the Referee of the R. Geographical Society on Afghanistan, Beluchistan, India.