Mountstuart William Elphinstone

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mountstuart_William_Elphinstone
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthDate 1779-10-06
gptkbp:birthPlace Dumbarton, Scotland
gptkbp:contributedTo administrative reforms in Bombay Presidency
gptkbp:deathDate 1859-11-20
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Hookwood,_Surrey,_England
gptkbp:education private education
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mountstuart William Elphinstone
gptkbp:influenced education policy in Western India
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Governor_of_Bombay
gptkbp:legacy Elphinstone College named after him
Elphinstone Road (Mumbai) named after him
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Elphinstone_family
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:History_of_India
Account of the Kingdom of Cabul
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:diplomat
gptkb:historian
administrator
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Anne_Ruthven
gptkb:James_Elphinstone
gptkbp:servedAs British envoy to Afghanistan
Resident at the court of Peshwa in Pune
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
gptkbp:termEnd 1827
gptkbp:termStart 1819
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Elphinstone,_15th_Lord_Elphinstone
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7