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 regt. in 1825 : and became a General in 1877 : was with his regt. in the Panjab campaign of 1848–9 : at the Chenab, Sadulapur, Chihanwala, Gujarat and the pursuit to the Khyber : C.B. : commanded a Brigade at the siege of Delhi, and led a storming party on Sep. 24, 1857 : was in charge, after Nicholson's death, during the street fighting : K.C.B., 1869 : G.C.B., 1886 : died April 8, 1890.

JONES, WILLIAM BRITTAIN (1834–)

I.C.S. : son of Rev. W. Jones : educated at University College, London : called tolthe bar from the Inner Temple : entered the Bengal Civil Service, 1856 : Resident at Hyderabad, 1882–3 : Chief Commissioner of Central Provinces, 1883–4 : retired, 1885 : C.S.I., 1883.

JONES-VAUGHAN, HUGH THOMAS (1841–)

Born 1841 : son of Canon Jones : educated at Sandhurst : passed Staff College, 1871 : served in the Indian mutiny, 1857–8, actions of Chanda, Amirpur and Sultanpur, final siege and capture of Lucknow : Afghan war, 1878–80, as Brig-Major of 1st Division of Pesha war Field Force : capture of Ali Masjid : Brig-Major in the Zaimusht expedition : Brevet-Lt-Colonel : A.A.G., Western District, 1887–92 : Maj-General, 1899 : General Officer commanding troops Straits Settlements : C.B.

JOSHI, ANANDIBAI (1865–1887)

Born March, 1865 : daughter of Ganpatrao Amritaswar Joshi of Kalyan : given the name "Jamuna": learnt Sanskrit : married, 1874, to Gopal Vinayek Joshi, in the Postal Department : took to the study of medicine : left her husband in Calcutta and went in 1883 to England and America, to Mrs. Carpenter in N. Jersey : instructed at the Women's Medical College in Philadelphia : gained a scholarship : took her degree as Doctor of Medicine there, 1886 : appointed Resident Physician to the female ward of the Albert Edward Hospital, Kolapur : her health failed, and she died of consumption at Poona, Feb. 27, 1887 : her body was burnt, and the ashes sent to America to be buried there.

JOYNER, ROBERT BATSON (1844– )

Born March 1, 1844 : son of H. St. John Joyner : educated privately : entered the Bombay P.W.D. 1868 : employed in Irrigation Works in Belgaum, Dharwar and S. Mahratta country : Superintending Engineer of Sind, 1891 : Superintending Engineer South, and Central, Division, Bombay, 1893 and 1896 : C.I.E., 1898, for Famine Relief Work, 1896–8 : author of Reports on Indian Irrigation and Indian Famines.

JUDSON, REV. ADONIRAM, D.D. (1788–1850)

Missionary : born at Maiden, Massachusetts, Aug. 9, 1788 : son of a Congregational minister : educated at the Brown University and Andover Theological Seminary : attracted, by reading a sermon of Dr. (q.v.), to missionary work in India : sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to India, 1812 : ordered by the Bengal Government to leave Calcutta, went via Mauritius to Madras and Rangoon in July, 1813 : preached to the Burmese : went up to Ava, established schools : taken prisoner on outbreak of first Burmese war : imprisoned at Oungpenla for 19 months, cruelly treated, released on the conclusion of peace in 1826 : published a Burmese-English dictionary in 1826 : and a Burmese grammar : translated the Bible into Burmese, 1835, revised, 1840 : went to Amherst and Moulmain : visited America in 1845, enthusiastically received : returned to Moulmain : unable to complete his larger Burmese dictionary : died at sea on April 12, 1850, on a voyage to the Isle of Bourbon for his health : thrice married : the first Mrs. Judson wrote A History of the Burman Mission : Colonel Sir H. M. Durand wrote an article on Judson as "The Apostle of Burma," in vol. xiv, number 28, of the Calcutta Review.

JUDSON, ANN HASSELTINE (1789–1826).

Missionary : born Dec. 22, 1789, at Bradford, Massachusetts : daughter of John and Rebecca Hasseltine : educated at Bradford : joined the Congregational Church there, 1806, and taught a school in several places : married Adoniram