Dictionary of Indian Biography/Colquhoun, Archibald Ross

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COLQUHOUN, ARCHIBALD ROSS (1848–⁠)

Son of Dr. Archibald Colquhoun, H.E.I.C.S. : educated at Edinburgh University and abroad : entered the Indian Public Works Department, 1871 : explored from Canton to Bhamo for best railway route between Burma and China, 1881–2 : Deputy Commissioner Upper Burma, 1885–9 : Administrator in Mashonaland, 1890 : retired, 1894 : travelled extensively in Siberia, Mongolia and China, etc., 1900–3 : author of Across Chryse, 1883; Amongst the Shans, 1885; The Key of the Pacific, 1895 ; Russia against India, 1900, etc. etc. : F.R.G.S. : Times Correspondent on several occasions : has written a number of geographical and political papers.