Thomas Maurice

Thomas Maurice (1754–1824) was a British oriental scholar and historian.

Life

The son of a schoolmaster, Maurice was educated at the Wesleyan seminary at Bristol before entering University College, Oxford in 1774, aged 19 (B.A. 1778, M.A. 1808); he was chaplain to the 87th regiment (about 1784), Vicar of Wormleighton, Warwickshire (1798–1824) and Cudham, Kent (1804–24). Maurice was a noted oriental scholar and historian, and assistant-keeper of MSS at the British Museum (1798-24).[1]

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History of Hindostan, Vol 1: *, Vol 2: *, Vol 3: *

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