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{{Infobox rai-fellow
| first_name = John
| name = Briggs
| honorific_prefix = [Major General] Lt Gen
| honorific_suffix =
| image = File:Briggs,_John.jpg
| birth_date = 1785
| death_date = 1875
| address = Oriental & Athenaeum Clubs [1862]
| occupation = armed services<br />literary
| elected_ESL = 1845.04.19
| elected_ASL =
| elected_AI = 1845
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ESL, AI Ordinary Fellow - life compounder
| left = 1875.06.08 dead
| clubs = Athenaeum Club<br />Oriental Club
| societies =
}}
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
ESL Council 1845-46 Member<br />ESL Council 1846-47 Member<br />ESL Council 1847-48 Member<br />ESL Council 1848-49 Member<br />ESL Council 1854-55 Member<br />ESL Council 1855-56 Member<br />ESL Council 1860-61 Member
=== House Notes ===
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
John Briggs (1785–1875) was a British officer in the army of the East India Company, and author.<br /><br />Member of Athenaeum Club from 1838
== Publications ==
=== External Publications ===
He was a good Persian scholar, and translated Ferishta's Mohammadan Power in India, and the Siyar-ul-Murákhirin, which recorded the decline of Moghul power. He was also the author of an essay on the land tax of India, and in a series of Letters Addressed to a Young Person in India he discussed questions on the conduct of army officers, and civil servants, and especially their treatment of Indians.
=== House Publications ===
On the races of India. Part 2. Read 23 May 1846<br />On the Aboriginal races of India in continuation. Read 24 June 1846<br />the subject for the evening meeting of Dec. 9 1846 a continuation of General Brigg's paper on the Aboriginal races of India. Ditto 17 March 1847. Ditto 19 May 1847<br />Conclusion read 15 March 1848. ditto Read 12 Apr 1848<br />On the Aborigines of India. Awaiting decision on printing apr 1851
== Related Material Details ==
=== RAI Material ===
=== Other Material ===
| first_name = John
| name = Briggs
| honorific_prefix = [Major General] Lt Gen
| honorific_suffix =
| image = File:Briggs,_John.jpg
| birth_date = 1785
| death_date = 1875
| address = Oriental & Athenaeum Clubs [1862]
| occupation = armed services<br />literary
| elected_ESL = 1845.04.19
| elected_ASL =
| elected_AI = 1845
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ESL, AI Ordinary Fellow - life compounder
| left = 1875.06.08 dead
| clubs = Athenaeum Club<br />Oriental Club
| societies =
}}
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
ESL Council 1845-46 Member<br />ESL Council 1846-47 Member<br />ESL Council 1847-48 Member<br />ESL Council 1848-49 Member<br />ESL Council 1854-55 Member<br />ESL Council 1855-56 Member<br />ESL Council 1860-61 Member
=== House Notes ===
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
John Briggs (1785–1875) was a British officer in the army of the East India Company, and author.<br /><br />Member of Athenaeum Club from 1838
== Publications ==
=== External Publications ===
He was a good Persian scholar, and translated Ferishta's Mohammadan Power in India, and the Siyar-ul-Murákhirin, which recorded the decline of Moghul power. He was also the author of an essay on the land tax of India, and in a series of Letters Addressed to a Young Person in India he discussed questions on the conduct of army officers, and civil servants, and especially their treatment of Indians.
=== House Publications ===
On the races of India. Part 2. Read 23 May 1846<br />On the Aboriginal races of India in continuation. Read 24 June 1846<br />the subject for the evening meeting of Dec. 9 1846 a continuation of General Brigg's paper on the Aboriginal races of India. Ditto 17 March 1847. Ditto 19 May 1847<br />Conclusion read 15 March 1848. ditto Read 12 Apr 1848<br />On the Aborigines of India. Awaiting decision on printing apr 1851
== Related Material Details ==
=== RAI Material ===
=== Other Material ===