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William Henry Sleeman

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British colonial administrator (1788-1856)

WritersLived 1788 to 1856 · aged 67
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Sir William Henry Sleeman was a British officer and administrator in Company-ruled India, best known for his leading role in the Anti-Thuggee Campaign of the 1830s against what he perceived as a pan-Indian fraternity of ritual stranglers.

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The beginning of the October 1830 letter, reprinted in 1832[37]The beginning of the October 1830 letter, reprinted in 1832[37]Title page of Ramaseeana[58]Title page of Ramaseeana[58]1851 portrait of Sleeman by George Duncan Beechey[78]1851 portrait of Sleeman by George Duncan Beechey[78]

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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Writers born in the 1780s 6

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Sir William Henry Sleeman was a British officer and administrator in Company-ruled India, best known for his leading role in the Anti-Thuggee Campaign of the 1830s against what he perceived as a pan-Indian fraternity of ritual stranglers. Sleeman served as General Superintendent of the Thuggee Department from 1835 to 1855 and published his main work on thuggee, entitled Ramaseeana, in 1836. His writings served as the foundation for the colonial-era representation of thuggee and formed the basis of Philip Meadows Taylor's 1839 novel Confessions of a Thug.

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Lived 1788 to 1856 · aged 67
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