Sir William Muir

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William Muir

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death: July 11, 1905 (86)
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Place of Burial: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Son of William Muir and Helen Muir
Husband of Lady Elizabeth Huntley Muir
Father of William James Weymuss Muir, Col.; Caroline Charlotte Lowe; Agnes Jean Muir, Twin; Jean Mary Muir; Helen Mary Arbuthnot and 6 others

Occupation: Scottish Orientalist, scholar of Islam, and colonial administrator, Governor
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About Sir William Muir

Sir William Muir, KCSI (27 April 1819 – 11 July 1905) was a Scottish Orientalist, scholar of Islam, and colonial administrator.

See Wikipedia.org for a detailed biography of Sir William Muir:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Muir

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Sir William Muir's Timeline

1819
April 27, 1819
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1840
October 29, 1840
Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
1841
December 30, 1841
Cawnpore, West Bengal, India
1845
March 19, 1845
Cawnpore, West Bengal, India
1847
February 24, 1847
Cawnpore, West Bengal, India
1850
1850
Agra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
1851
1851
Agra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
1856
1856
Agra, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
1857
December 7, 1857
The Fort Agra, India