LEYDEN JOHN
\lˈe͡ɪdən d͡ʒˈɒn], \lˈeɪdən dʒˈɒn], \l_ˈeɪ_d_ə_n dʒ_ˈɒ_n]\
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A Scotch Orientalist, poet, and author; born in Denholm, Sept. 8, 1775; died at Batavia, Java, Aug. 28, 1811. Soon after obtaining his medical degree he went to India, where his proficiency in Oriental and especially Indo-Chinese languages led to an appointment as professor of Hindustani at Fort William College, Calcutta. He is the author of "An Historical Account of Discoveries in Northern and Western Africa" (1789), an accurate and useful work for that time; an essay on Indo-Chinese literature in "Asiatic Researches"; "Scenes of Infancy", a poem; and a number of Scotch ballads, much admired by Sir Walter Scott and others.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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