John Zephaniah Holwell
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John Zephaniah Holwell was a surgeon, an employee of the British East India Company, and a temporary Governor of Bengal (1760). He was also one of the first Europeans to study Indian antiquities and was an early advocate of animal rights and vegetarianism.
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United KingdomCategory
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1711 to 1798 · aged 87
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