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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

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1901-1911; Officer in Charge of the Records of the Government of India; 1911-14. Publications: The Early Years of Shah Ismail; The Tarikh-i-Rahdi, a History of the Moguls of Central Asia; the Heart of Asia (with F. H. Skrine); Life and Times of Omar Khayyam; Introduction to Beckford’s Vathek; a Polyglot List of Birds in Turki, Manchu and Chinese; Arabic History of Guzahit; and many contributions to magazines, and scientific journals. Address: 18, Upper Westbourne Terrace, W.

Ross, Major Sir Ronald, K.C.B., F.R.C.S., D.Sc, LL.D., M.D., F.R.S.; b. 1857; s. of General Sir C. C. G. Ross, K.C.B.; educ: at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; entered Indian Medical Service, 1881; served with Burma Expedition, 1886; commenced special study of Malaria, 1892; discovered life history of malaria parasites in mosquitoes, 1897-8; visited West Africa, 1899; retired, 1899; Professor of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool University; Member of Council of Royal Society and an Officer of the Order of Leopold of Belgium; Awarded Nobel prize for Medicine, 1902; Editor, Science Progress and Annals of Tropical Medicine; m. Rosa Bernier, d. of Alfred Bloxham, 1889. Address: University, Liverpool.

Rouse, William Henry Denham, Litt.D., M.A., F.R.G.S., M.R.A.S., Latin Examiner, Liverpool University; s. of Rev. G. H. Rouse; b. Calcutta, 1863; educ: Grammar School, Haverford West; Doveton College, Calcutta; Christ’s College, Cambridge; Worts Travelling Student, 1896-1905; Master at Rugby School, 1896-1901; Headmaster, Perse Grammar School, Cambridge, since 1901; University Teacher of Sanskrit since 1903; Latin Examiner, Liverpool University, 1909-10; acting Latin Professor, Columbia Summer School, Teachers’ College, New York, 1912; Member, Society Asiatique Deusch Morgenländische Gesellschaft, and Imperial Archaeological Society of Russia. Publications: The Jataka or stories of Buddha’s former Births; the Gaint Crab and other old Indian Tales; Atlas of Classical Portraits; Jinacaritam, or Life of Buddha in Pali, 1905; History of Rugby School, etc. Address: Perse School House, Glebe Road, Cambridge. Club: Savile.

Rowe, Frederick James, M.A., Indian Educational Service (retired); joined service, 1870; served as Professor at Krishnagar, Dacca, and Hoogly Colleges; was for some time Inspector of Schools; Professor, Presidency College, Calcutta, 1880; Principal, Presidency College, Calcutta, 1899; retired, 1899; is a joint author of various educational works.

Rowlandson, Frederick, B.A., LL.B., Registrar of the Diocese, Madras; b. 1848; joined service as Registrar of the Diocese of Madras, and Secretary to the Lord Bishop of Madras, 1875; was Sheriff of Madras from 20th December 1892 to 19th December 1893; Address: Ootacamund, Madras Presidency , India.

Roy, Hon’ble Girja Nath, Maharaja Bahadur (1907); b. 18600; a.s. of Maharani Shyam Mohini; educ: at the Queen’s College, Benares; succeeded to estate, 1883; has founded the Diamond Jubilee School, a Weaving School, a

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