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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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Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Honorary doctor of the University of Bologna
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cambridge
Honorary Doctor of the University of Edinburgh

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Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1819 to 1905 · aged 86