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 Sanskrit : Gustos of the Library : edited Kalidas's Kumarasamhhava, 1838 : ordinary Professor, 1847 : wrote on the principles of Sanskrit lexicography : edited the Mrcchakatika, and Yajnavalkya's Laws, 1849 : wrote on Gautama, and on Indian medicine, customs and folklore : also on Manu, and a commentary on the Grhyasutra, on the Paraskara, Gobhila and Sankhayana : published an elementary work on Sanskrit : edited Kalidas's Meghaduta, 1874 : was one of the foremost Sanskritists of the day, an enthusiastic, thorough, and kindly scholar : left much material unpublished : died Feb. 27, 1887.

STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BARONET (1829–1894)

Born March 3, 1829 : son of Sir James Stephen : educated at Brighton, Eton, King's College, London; Trinity College, Cambridge : called to the bar at the Inner Temple : wrote for the Saturday Review : Secretary to the Education Commission, 1858–61 : Recorder of Newark, 1859–69 : wrote for Eraser, the Cornhill Magazine, the Pall Mall Gazette : Q.C., 1868 : Legal Member of the Supreme Council, Dec. 14, 1869, to April 12, 1872 : left his mark on Indian legislation : passed the Evidence Act, a revised Code of Criminal Procedure, and continued the work of codification : wrote Liberty, Equality, Eraternity : applied himself to attempts at codification in England : was a Judge of the High Court, 1879–91 : wrote letters to the Times in defence of Lord Lytton's policy as Viceroy : Member and Chairman of various legal Commissions : K.C.S.I., 1877 : D.C.L., Oxford, 1878 : LL.D., Edinburgh, 1884 : Hon. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge : Baronet, 1891 : wrote A History of the Criminal Law of England, 1883; The Story of Nuncomar, and Sir Elijah Impey, 1885; Horoe Sabbaticce, 1892 : died March 11, 1894 : his life was written by his brother. Sir Leslie Stephen.

STEPHENSON, J. D. ( ? - ?)

Officer in the Madras Cavalry : saw active service as Captain of one of the Nawab's regiments under Maj-General Stuart, during the war with Hyder Ali (1780–4) : his regiment transferred to the E. I. Co. in 1784 : fought in the wars against Tippoo, 1790 and 1799 : served under Cornwallis and Wellesley : became Colonel : commanded in Malabar, 1800 : won his chief renown in the Mahratta war of 1803 : took the city of Burhanpur, Oct. 16, and Asirghar, Oct, 21, 1803 : present at Argaum : praised by Wellesley for his services at the siege of Gawilghar : obliged by illness to give up his command returned home, 1804.

STEVENS, SIR CHARLES CECIL (1840–)

I.C.S. : born July 5, 1840 : son of C. G. Stevens of Melbourne : educated at Edgbaston and Melbourne University : entered the Indian Civil Service, 1862 : Commissioner of Chota Nagpur, Bhagalpur and Patna Divisions successively : Officiating Chief Secretary, Bengal, 1890 : Member of the Board of Revenue, Bengal, 1891–8 : Additional Member of Governor-General's Legislative Council, 1893 : Officiating Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, 1897 : retired, 1898 : C.S.I., 1895 : K.C.S.I., 1899.

STEVENS, HENRY BORLASE (1824–1904)

General : son of John Borlase Stevens : born Dec. 3, 1824 : educated at Addiscombe : entered the Army, 1841 : in the Satlaj campaign, 1845–6 : at Firozshahr and Sobraon : commanded the Sylhet Light Infantry at Hailakandi in Cachar, Jan. 1858 : destroyed the mutineers : in Bhutan, 1864–6 : at the taking of stockades in the Durrunga Pass, at the retaking of Dewangiri : commanded at Delhi in 1875 : General : died Sep. 5, 1904.

STEVENS, SIR JOHN FOSTER ( ? - ) I.C.S. : educated at Birmingham Grammar School, at Versailles and at King's College, London : went out to Bengal, 1864 : District Judge : Judicial Com-missioner of the Central Provinces, 1891–3 and 1894 : Puisne Judge of the High Court, Calcutta, 1897–1904, when he retired : knighted 1905.

STEVENSON, REV. JOHN, D.D. (1798–1858)

Born Nov. 3, 1798, son of William Sevenson, of Alton Campsie, Stirling-shire : educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities : M.A. Glasgow : ordained Aug. 1823 : sent out by the Scottish Missionary Society, 1823, to their Bombay