​BEAMES, JOHN (1837–1902)

I.C.S: born June 21, 1837: son of Rev. Thomas Beames: educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at Hailey-bury, 1856–7: went to India, 1858: served in the Panjab, 1859–61: afterwards, ​in Lower Bengal, Commissioner of various Divisions and Member of the Board of Revenue: retired, 1893: an Oriental scholar: wrote in the J.A.S.B: and in the Indian Antiquary: also Outlines of Indian Philology, 1867: edited Sir H. Elliot's Supplemental Glossary of Indian Terms, 1869: his chief work was A Comparative Grammar of the Aryan Languages, 1872–9: and a Bengali Grammar, 1891: wrote in the Imperial, and Asiatic Quarterly Reviews: died May 42, 1902.