Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c27.5
Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c27.5
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HOLWELL, John Zephaniah (1711-1798), Governor of Bengal, author of Chapter VIII, was born in Dublin on 17th September 1711. He came to Calcutta, as Surgeon’s mate to an Indiaman in February 1732 and practised his profession in Calcutta from 1736 onwards. He was temporarily Governor of Bengal from February to July 1760. His contribution to Eastern knowledge called forth the warm acknowledgement of Voltaire. Holwell died on 5th November 1798.