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 sciences, etc., with which he dealt : he died at Oxford, Oct. 28, 1900 : a fund was raised to perpetuate his memory at Oxford by providing for the promotion of Oriental learning and research.  MUNK, SALOMON (1802–1867)

Born at Gross-Glogau, in Prussian Silesia, Maya, 1802 : of Jewish parentage, the son of a poor servant of the Synagogue : educated at the Rabbinical School of his town, afterwards at Berlin : in spite of great poverty, made his way at the latter University : went on to study Oriental languages at Bonn under Schlegel, Lassen, etc. : being, as a Jew, debarred from lecturing in a Prussian University, he removed to Paris in 1828, where he worked at Sanskrit, etc. : attached to the Bibliotheque Imperiale from 1838 : in 1840, travelled in Egypt : engaged in cataloguing Oriental MSS. for the Library until attacked by blindness in 1847 : bore the affliction bravely, even continuing to write, and accepting the appointment of Professor of Hebrew at the College de France : died in Paris, Feb. 6, 1867. Though chiefly known as a Hebrew and Arabic scholar, he also wrote on Indian subjects, as : "Fragments de litterature Sanskrite," in the Temps, 1836 : Mahabharata, 1838 : a member of the Academie des Inscriptions.  MUNRO, SIR HECTOR (1726–1805)

Born 1726 : son of Hugh Munro : was Ensign in the 48th regt. in 1749 : commanded the 89th regt. out to Bombay in 1761 : suppressed a mutiny of sepoys at Patna in 1764 : won the decisive battle of Baxar, Oct. 23, 1764, defeating the Nawab Wazir of Oudh, Shuja-ud-daula, and Mir Kasim : Lt-Colonel, 1765 : M.P. for the Inverness burghs, 1768–1801 : commanded the Madras Army, 1778 : took Pondicherry from the French, 1778 : K.B., 1779 : engaged in the field against Hyder Ali, 1780–1 : commanded a Division in Sir Eyre Coote's victory at Porto Novo, July 1, 1781 : captured Negapatam, Nov. 1781 : returned to England : Maj-General, 1782 : General, 1798 : died at Novar, Dec. 27, 1805.  MUNRO, SIR THOMAS, BARONET (1761–1827)

Maj-General and Governor : son of Alexander Munro, of Glasgow: born May 27, 1761 : educated at Glasgow : entered the mercantile profession, but left it and joined the E. I. Co.'s Madras Army in 1780 : was in the Mysore war of 1780–3 under Sir Hector Munro and Sir Eyre Coote : in 1788 in the Intelligence Department : in the actions under Lord Cornwallis : after 1792 served in the Baramahal under Capt. Read in the civil line : rejoined the Army in 1799, and after Seringapatam was appointed, with Capt. Malcolm, Joint Secretary to the Commissioners for the Settlement of Mysore : he next administered Canara on the Malabar coast and suppressed disorder : from 1800 to 1807 he ruled the ceded districts S. of the Tungabhadra, and elaborated the ryotwar system of land tenure : was in England, 1807–13 : was examined by the House of Commons regarding the renewal of the Company's charter, and on important questions connected with the civil and military administration in India : Colonel in 1813 : employed on a Commission for improving the judicial and police Departments. He returned to military service as Brig-General in the war of 1816–8 against the Pindaris and Mahrattas : made K.C.B. : he was appointed Governor of Madras in June, 1820, and assisted in the first Burmese war of 1824 : made a Baronet : his government of Madras was very successful, based as it was on his thorough knowledge of the country and languages, his ability and principles, power of work and firmness. His death was universally deplored : died of cholera while on tour at Puttaconda in the ceded districts, on July 6, 1827. His equestrian statue by Chantrey was erected at Madras.  MUNRO, WILLIAM (1818–1880)

Son of William Munro : born 1818 : entered the 39th foot, 1834 : with his regt. in India for many years : at Maharajpur, Dec. 29, 1843, severely wounded : in the Crimea, Canada, Bermuda : General, 1878 : died Jan. 29, 1880 : a learned botanist, was an authority on grasses : wrote papers in Journals of learned Societies, on bamboos, antidotes to snake-bites, timber trees of Bengal, grasses, etc.