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Sir George Abraham Grierson OM KCIE FBA (7 January 1851 – 9 March 1941) was an Irish administrator and linguist in British India. He worked in the Indian Civil Service but an interest in philology and linguistics led him to pursue studies in the languages and folklore of India during his postings in Bengal and Bihar.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
George Grierson (c. 1679 – 1753) was a Scottish-born printer and publisher in Dublin, Ireland, whose descendants continued in the book trade in Dublin for several generations. He was married to the editor and poet Constantia Grierson .
George Grierson may refer to: George Grierson (politician) (1867–1931), politician in Manitoba, Canada; George Grierson (printer) (c. 1679–1753), Scottish-born printer and publisher in Dublin, Ireland; George Grierson (footballer) (1905–1962), Scottish footballer; George Abraham Grierson (1851–1941), Irish administrator and linguist in ...
The Survey was first proposed by George Abraham Grierson, a member of the Indian Civil Service and a linguist who attended the Seventh International Oriental Congress held at Vienna in September 1886. He made a proposal of the linguistic survey and it was initially turned down by the Government of India.
He died in 1736 but secured immortality in Sir Walter Scott's novel Redgauntlet. [3] He was succeeded by his son, Sir William Grierson, 2nd Baronet who died just four years later and was in turn succeeded by his brother, Sir Gilbert Grierson. [3] His son was William Grierson who was a close friend of Sir Walter Scott. [3]
Grierson may refer to: Clan Grierson, a Scottish clan; Grierson (name), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Grierson, a 1973 Canadian documentary; Grierson, a GWR 3031 Class steam locomotive of the Great Western Railway; Grierson family of BC/AB/NB/NS (possible the hiers to the Grierson clan baronetage)
Elizabeth Grierson, also known as Liza, was the daughter of Robert Grierson and his wife, Sinnugee (Muscogee). [2] [3] In the 18th century, Sinnugee, a multi-racial woman probably of mixed Spanish-Native-Black heritage, fled from Spanish Florida and became a refugee in the Muscogee Nation in what is now Alabama. She was adopted into the tribe ...