Ellis, Francis Whyte, 1777-1819
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Name (Latin)
Ellis, Francis Whyte, 1777-1819
Other forms of name
Ellis, F. W. (Francis Whyte)
Ellis, Francis Whyte
Date of birth
1777
Date of death
1819-03-09
Associated country
Great Britain
India
Other associated place
Chennai (India)
Field of activity
Dravidian languages
Civil service India--Study and teaching
Associate group
Madras Civil Service
Madras Civil Service (1796 - 1796)
Occupation
Colonial administrators
Civil service
Indologists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Replies to seventeen questions, proposed by the government of Fort St. George, relative to Mirasi right, 1818:t.p. (F.W. Ellis)
- BL database, 23 Feb. 2006(hdg.: Ellis, Francis Whyte)
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Wikipedia description:
Francis Whyte Ellis (1777–1819) was a British civil servant in the Madras Presidency and a scholar of Tamil and Sanskrit.
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