Memoirs of a Bengal Civilian by John Beames HARDBACK 9789388540995

Name: Memoirs of a Bengal Civilian by John Beames HARDBACK 9789388540995
Brand: Manohar Publishers and Distributors

Manohar Publishers and Distributors

Memoirs of a Bengal CivilianAuthor(s): John Beames\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors, India\nImprint: Manohar Publishers and Distributors\nISBN-13: 9789388540995, 978-9388540995\nSynopsis\n. Beames was a man of strong opinions and was often in trouble with the authorities because of his outspokenness. He thought little of Lieutenant-Governors as a class. But his special dislike was reserved for Sir Richard Temple, Lt. Governor of Bengal, whose vanity and self-glorification he couldn't stand. There were instances when Beames stood by the people against tyranny. But, ironically enough, he also shared the casual racism of his peers and did not recognise Indian ICS officers as his academic and cultural equals: he strongly distrusted the Bengali intelligentsia. Beames was a pioneer philologist. A magnum opus of his is the three volume Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India [tel]. Other works of his include Outline of Indian Philology [te.