James Drummond Anderson (1852–1920), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJames Drummond Anderson (1852–1920)
British Indologist
Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1852
Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Date of Death: 24-Nov-1920
Profession: linguist
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About James Drummond Anderson (1852–1920)
- Dr.
- James Drummond Anderson, Litt.D.
- (died 1920) was a member of the Indian Civil Service from 1873 until 1900, and later a lecturer in Bengali at the University of Cambridge.
- He published a collection of Kachari folk-tales, of Chittagong proverbs, and other works on the languages of North-East India, usually under the name of "J.
- D.
- Anderson". His eldest son was James Drummond Anderson (1886–1968), and another son was William Louis Anderson, Anglican Bishop of firstly Portsmouth and then Salisbury.
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