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About John Gilchrist

John Borthwick Gilchrist was a Scottish surgeon, linguist, philologist and Indologist. Born and educated in Edinburgh, he spent most of his early career in India, where he made a study of the local languages. In later life, he returned to Britain and lived in Edinburgh and London. In his final years, he moved to Paris, where he died at the age of 81.

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Occupation: lexicographer, linguist, banker, surgeon
Citizenship: Kingdom of Great Britain
Born: June 19, 1759
Died: January 9, 1841

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