Edward Croft Greenway Thomas

Edward Croft Greenway Thomas
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Died	1889
Residence	Civil and Sessions Judge of Vizagapatam
Occupation	legal
Society Membership membership Ordinary Fellow left 1881.04 last listed elected_AI 1875.05.25

Notes

House Notes

proposed 1875.05.11
Judge of Vizagapatam

Notes From Elsewhere

EDWARD CROFT GREENWAY THOMAS was an Indian civil servant, who, deeply impressed with the conviction that extensive engineering works, constructed and maintained by Government, could alone cope with the evils of constantly recurring famines, devoted much of his time and resources to the acquisition and diffusion of exact information on this all-important subject. He joined the Indian service on the 17th of September, 1851, and after passing the prescribed examinations in Telegu and Tamil, was posted as assistant to the collector and magistrate of Coimbatore. Thence he rose steadily and continuously until, on the 27th of August, 1869, he was appointed judge of Vizagapatam, on the Malabar Coast. He occupied this position for thirteen years, and threw himself . . . [more]

Publications

External Publications

Vizagapatam; the port for the Central Provinces Paperback – 26 Mar 2011
by Edward Croft Greenway Thomas