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Jun 21, 1837 Died on 24 May 1902 (aged 64)
British historian
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About John Beames
- John Beames (21 June 1837 – 24 May 1902) was a civil servant in British India and an author.
- He served in the Punjab from March 1859, to late 1861 and in Bengal from December 1861 until the conclusion of his service in 1893.
- He was also a scholar of Indian history, literature and linguistics.
- His great work was a comparative grammar of Indo-Aryan languages, published in 3 volumes in 1872–1879.
- By the time he retired from the Indian Civil Service in March 1893, Beames had gained extensive knowledge of Indian life and in 1896 chose to set down in writing an account of his career.
- This account was first published in 1961 as Memoirs of a Bengal Civilian.
