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	Henry Thomas Colebrooke - LoveToKnow 1911
		HENRY THOMAS COLEBROOKE (1765-1837), English Orientalist, the third son of Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd baronet, was born in London on the 15th of June 1765.
		In 1789 he was removed to Purneah, where he investigated the resources of that part of the country, and published his Remarks on the Husbandry and Commerce of Bengal, privately printed in 1795, in which he advocated free trade between Great Britain and India.
		After eleven years' residence in India, Colebrooke began the study of Sanskrit; and to him was confided the translation of the great Digest of Hindu Laws, which had been left unfinished by Sir William Jones.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Henry_Thomas_Colebrooke (341 words)

	Henry Thomas Colebrooke
		Henry Thomas Colebrooke (June 15, 1765 - March 18, 1837), English Orientalist, the third son of Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd baronet, was born in London.
		In 1789 he was removed to Purneah[?], where he investigated the resources of that part of the country, and published his Remarks on the Husbandry and Commerce of Bengal, privately printed in 1795, in which he advocated free trade between Great Britain and India.
		After eleven years' residence in India, Colebrooke began the study of Sanskrit; and to him was confided the translation of the great Digest of Hindu Laws, which had been left unfinished by Sir William Jones.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/he/Henry_Thomas_Colebrooke.html (335 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Colebrooke, Henry Thomas
		Colebrooke, Henry Thomas (1765-1836) originally a civilian of the east india company who later turned into a great orientalist and organiser of oriental studies.
		In the pursuit of oriental knowledge Henry T Colebrooke, (son of Sir George Colebrooke, chairman of the East India Company), was truly an intellectual successor of Sir william jones.
		As president of the Asiatic Society (1807) Colebrooke was instrumental in acquiring a plot of land and establishing a permanent home for the Society and also in obtaining a recurring grant from the government.
	banglapedia.net /HT/C_0304.HTM (496 words)

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