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Trained as a doctor, John Crawfurd (1783-1868) went on to have a distinguished career in colonial administration with the East India Company. He held senior posts in Java from 1811 to 1816, including that of resident at the court of Yogyakarta. A talented linguist and ethnologist, Crawfurd acquired a sound knowledge of ancient Kawi and contemporary Javanese. Upon his return to Britain in 1817, he became a fellow of the Royal Society and published this three-volume work on the Indonesian islands,
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- Author
- Crawfurd, John (author)
- Publisher
- publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781108056175
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Language Learning, India & South Asia
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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