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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . ; b. 1842; educ: privately; joined Indian Army as Ensign in Bengal, 1858; m. NicholasNicola [sic] Arbuthnot, d. of late William Allardyce of Aberdeen; transferred to the Punjab Police as Assistant Superintendent; became Superintendent, 1863; transferred to Berar, 1865; Inspector General of Police, Hyderabad Assigned Districts; 1877; Deputy Commissioner, 1895; retired, 1896. Address: Downfold, Guildford.  Lane, Lieutenant-Colonel William Byam, I.M.S., Inspector-General of Prisons, Nagpur, C.P., India; b. at Antigua, West Indies, 1866; educ: Christ’s Hospital, London; proceeded to Germany and joined the Nuenheim College, Heidelberg; returned to England and was attached to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, as a student; joined the I.M.S., 1888; served for some time at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley; arrived in India and was posted to Station Hospital, Allahabad, 1889; transferred to the Military and was placed in Medical charge of XI P.W.O., Bengal Lancers, now XI (King Edward’s Old) Bengal Lancers; transferred to the 45th Sikhs, 1890; served with the Hazra Field Force, 1891; served with other regiments and was in charge of A. 20 Native Field Hospitals; served with the Chitral Relief Force, 1895; attached to the base Hospital (No. 4 Native General Hospital), Nowshera, during the whole of the Frontier Expedition; Civil Surgeon and Superintendent, Central Jail, Montgomery, 1899; services placed temporarily at the disposal of the Punjab Government, 1902; transferred to C.P., and posted as Officiating Superintendent, Central Jail, Jubbalpore, 1903; appointed as Inspector General of Prisons, 1905; holds the Hazra medal and clasp, and the Waziristan clasp, and the Chitral medal and clasp. Address: Nagpur, C.P., India.  Lang, Colonel ArtharArthur [sic] Moffat, C.B., 1908, R.E. (retired); e.s. of Arthur Lang, I.C.S., of West Hill; b. 1832; edtic: Rugby; Cheltenham; and the Military College at Addiscombe; joined Army, 1852; was thrice married; served in Indian Mutiny, 1857-58 (despatches 4 times, medal, 3 clasps); became Colonel, 1881; held appointments in both Military and Civil branches of the P.W.D.; was Principal, Engineering College, Roorki; Deputy Inspector-General for Fortifications; was Chief Engineer in Beluchistan, Burma, and the N W. Provinces; retired, 1889. Address: Box Grove Lodge, Guildford, Surrey.  Lanman, Charles Rockwell; b. at Norwich, Connecticut; s, of Peter Lanman; educ: at the Norwich Free Academy, 1867; at Yale, 1871; studied Sanskrit and linguistic science under Whitney till 1873; proceeded to Germany and studied at Berlin, Tubingan, and Leipzig: called to the John Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins University [sic] at Baltimore, 1876; called to the Harvard University, Cambridge; Professor of Sanskrit; MassadhusettsMassachusetts [sic], 1880; Secretary, American Philological Association, 1879-84; President of the same Association, 1882-90; Corresponding Secretary, American Oriental Society, 1884-94; Vice-President and Joint-Editor of its Journal, 1894-1905; travelled in India for collecting Sanskrit and Prakrit 246