INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
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Zemindar of Peraiyur, who had been appointed executor of the estate; removed to Madras and joined the Wesley College, Royapettah; exhibited a taste for music and commenced to play “Ganjari” and became proficient in the art; removed to the “Newington” School, 1897; removed to Madura and was under the tuition of Mr. P. C. Ganapathi Iyer, B.A.; proceeded to his estate to learn business connected with the management of his property, 1891; organised a successful elephant hunt at Kobikulam; installed on the gaddi, 3rd February 1902; connected by marriage to the Zemindars of Ramnad, Urkad, and Singampatti and by blood to the Zemindar of Elumalai; greatly interested in promoting and encouraging indigenous arts and industries; one of the chief patrons of the “Madura Tamil Sangam”; rendered substantial pecuniary aid to the Hindu High School, Srivilliputtur; prominent exhibitor in the Industrial and Fine Arts Exhibition held at Tinnevelly, 1906; supports needy and deserving students by feeding them at his Madunarvelagam choultry. Recreations: Hunting, Riding and Instrumental Music. Address: Seitur, Tinnevelly District, Madras Presidency.
Sell, Rev. Canon Edward, D.D., M.R.A.S.; b. 1839; s. of William John Sell; educ: at a private school and the C.M.S. College, London; Headmaster, Harris High School, Madras, 1865-80; Secretary, Church Missionary Society, Madras, 1880-1905; Fellow, Madras University, 1874; Honorary Canon, St. George’s Cathedral, Madras, 1901; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Madras, 1900,; Chairman of the Arabic, Persian and Hindustani Studies; Member of the Syndicate and Examiner of the University of Madras. Publication: The Faith of Islam; Essays on Islam; Historical Development of the Koran, &c. Address: Vepery, Madras.
Selby, F. G., M.A., LL.D. (Hon.), retired Director of Public Instruction, Bombay; Fellow of the University of Bombay; Vice Chancellor of the University of Bombay, 1906; b. 1852; educ: Durham School; Wadham College, Oxford; joined Indian Educational Service, 1877; Professor of Logic and Moral Philosophy, Deccan College, Poona; Principal, Deccan College, 1890; Director of Public Instruction, Bombay, 1902. Publications: The Metaphysic of Aristotle; an Introduction to the study of Kant; Burke’s Reflections on the French Revolution; Thoughts on the Causes of Present Discontent; Edited Bacon’s Advancement of Learning and Essays; &c. Recreations; Rowing and Cycling. Clubs: Northumberland and Northern Counties.
Sen, Brojonath, Rai Sahib; Retired Civil Surgeon; b. 1849; educ: at the Hoogly College and the Calcutta Medical College; a well-known linguist and scholar, conversant with three Indian and seven European languages; a great authority on the Lushai language; Public Examiner in the Lushai Language. Publications: Lushai Grammar, Dehatmic Tattoa, Capillari, Bruit, and other minor works. Address: Lachmikunda, Benares City, U.P.
