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JAMES, HENRY ROSHER, eldest son of George Coulson James, Penzance, Cornwall, and Susannah Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Rosher, Bedford Square, London; b. 8 Nov 1862; adm. 15 Jun 1876 (H), exhibitioner; QS 1877; Mure Scholar 1879; Capt. of the School 1880; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1881, matr. 14 Oct 1881; 1st cl. Classical Mods 1883, 1st cl. Lit. Hum. 1885; BA 1885; MA 1888; entered Indian Educational Service 1890; Prof. of Moral Philosophy, Patna Coll., 9 Feb 1890; Prof. of Literature, Presidency Coll., Calcutta Jan 1900 – Jul 1901; Fellow, Calcutta Univ., 1905-16; Principal of Patna Coll. Nov 1905-7, of Presidency Coll., Calcutta Oct 1907-16; officiating Director of Public Instruction, Bombay Mar – Dec 1909; translator of Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, 1897; author of other works; m. 1 Jan 1890 Mary Edith, eldest dau. of Joseph Hindle AMICE, Lima, Peru; d. 2 Jun 1931.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.