Erskine, Claud James/[James Claudius]

Education

Student United College 1835-1836 Lat. Jun.; Gk. Jun. 1836-1837 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Math. 2; Log.

Birth/childhood

Born 20.5.1821 son of William Erskine, Blackburn.

Career

Director of Public Instruction, West India 1855-1859. Vice-Chancellor Calcutta University. Member of Council, Bombay [now Mumbai, India] 1865-1867 (retired).

Death

Died 5.6.1893.

Sources

  • United College prize list
  • C.E. Buckland, Dictionary of Indian biography (London, 1906)