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 Burnes (q.v.) to Bokhara, though in bad health : detained by illness at Mashad and Herat, and died, worn out, at Sabathu, March 31, 1835. His scientific accuracy was valuable in connexion with the geographical information acquired by the expedition.

GERARD, SIR MONTAGU GILBERT (1843–1905)

General : born 1843 : son of Colonel Archibald Gerard : educated at Stonyhurst : entered the R.A., 1864, and Bengal Staff Corps, 1870 : Central India Horse, 1870–95 : served in Abyssinia, 1868 : Brig-Major in the Afghan war, 1878–80 : in the advance to Kabul : in the Kabul-Kandahar march and battle of Kandahar : Brevets Major and Lt-Colonel : in the campaign in Egypt, 1882, as D.A.A. and Q.M.G. : at Tel-el-Kebir : C.B. : on Secret Service in Persia, 1881–2, and 1885 : Military Attache, St. Petersburg, 1892–3 : Commissioner for Delimitation of Pamir Boundary, 1895; General commanding Hyderabad Contingent, 1896–9 : commanding Oudh District, 1899 : C.S.I., 1896 : K.C.S.I., 1897 : K.C.B., 1902 : attached to the Russian Forces in Manchuria, 1904–5 : died of pneumonia at Irkutsk, July, 1905 : wrote Leaves from the Diaries of a Soldier and Sportsman during Twenty Years' Service in India, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Other Countries, 1865–85.

GERARD, PATRICK (1794–1848)

Son of Gilbert Gerard, D.D., and brother of Alexander and James Gilbert : born June 11, 1794 : entered the Bengal N.I., in 1812 : Captain, 1828 : invalided, 1832 : died Oct. 4, 1848 : recorded observations on the climate of Sabathu and Kotghar, and wrote on meteorology, and the Himalayas and their mineral products, in scientific journals.

GERICKE, REV. CHRISTIAN WILHELM (1742–1803)

A devoted Danish missionary and evangelist : native of Colberg in Pomerania : graduate of Halle : reached Tranquebar, 1767 : to Cuddalore, 1767, joining the S.P.C.K. and Hutteman there : assisted at Trichinopoly : during the attack by Mysoreans and French on Cuddalore, he interceded, to prevent destruction of British life and property : on its capture, in 1782, he removed to Negapatam till he took charge of the Vepery Mission, 1788, whence he visited other stations : appointed Dutch translator, 1792 : Naval Chaplain of H.M.S. Victorious and of the Naval Hospital at Vepery, 1796–1 803 : Chaplain and Secretary of the Female Orphan Asylum, Madras, 1788–1803 : fortunate in his speculations with the Mission balances, and died rich, leaving a considerable sum to the Vepery Mission : in personal character stood high with the Government : died on a visit to Vellore, 1803.

GHOSE, CHUNDER MADHAB (1838–)

Son of Rai Bahadur Durga Persad Ghose, Deputy Collector : born Feb. 26, 1838 : educated at the Hindu and Presidency Colleges : passed the Pleadership examination, 1859 : was Government Pleader at Burdwan, 1860–2 : practised as pleader in the Sadr Court, 1862, and as Vakil of the High Court from 1862, attaining a prominent position : Member of the Bengal Legislative Council, 1883–5 : Fellow of the Calcutta University, 1885 : President of the Board of Examiners for Pleaders, 1892 : Puisne Judge of the Calcutta High Court, from Jan. 12, 1885 : Fellow of the Calcutta University and President of the Faculty of Law : has established charitable institutions in his native village : is President of the Bengal Kayastha Sabha.

GHOSE, GRISH CHANDRA, (1829–1869)

Born 1829 : educated at the Oriental Seminary : established a weekly paper. The Bengal Recorder, in 1849 : in 1850 entered the Military Pay Examiners' office, of which he ultimately became the Registrar, drawing a salary of Rs. 350 a month. The Bengal Recorder was converted into the Hindu Patriot in 1853, and Haris Chandra Mukerji became its principal editor, but Grish Chandra continued his connexion with the paper as a contributor. In 1859, he and his brother were introduced into the Dalhousie Institute for their literary attainments : in 1861, the Bengalee newspaper was started, and Grish Chandra accepted the