Henry Thomas Colebrooke ( 1765 - 1837 )

Birth: London, England (15 June 1765) Death: 10 March 1837 Career: Writer, Bengal Service (1782); studied Hindu law and suttee; Envoy to Nagpur (1799-1801); Judge, Calcutta (1801); President of the Bench (1805); published "Essay on the Vedas" (1805), a Sanskrit Grammar (1805) and Sansjrit Lexicon (1808); Member of the Bengal Council (1807-1812); returned to England (1814); wrote on Hindu mathematics and philosophy; became totally blind and died after years of "bodily helplessness" Membership: Fellow Election Date: 22/02/1816.