William Muir
Scottish Orientalist and colonial administrator (1819-1905) · Writers · Died at 86
Sir William Muir was a Scottish Orientalist and colonial administrator. He served as Lieutenant Governor of the North-Western Provinces of British India from 1868 and as Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1885 to 1903.
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Lived 1819 to 1905 · aged 86