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James George Roche Forlong

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{{Infobox rai-fellow
| first_name = James George Roche
| name = Forlong
| honorific_prefix = Col.
| honorific_suffix = FRGS, FRSE
| image = File:Forlong,_James_George_Roche.jpg
| birth_date = 1824
| death_date = 1904
| address = HM’s Indian Army <br />11 Douglas-crescent, Edinburgh
| occupation = armed services
| elected_ESL =
| elected_ASL =
| elected_AI = 1875.03.23
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = Ordinary Fellow
| left = 1904 deceased
| clubs =
| societies = Royal Geographical Society<br />Royal Society of Edinburgh<br />Royal Asiatic Society<br />Folklore Society<br />Rationalist Press Association
}}
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===

=== House Notes ===
proposed 1875.03.09<br />initials in A10:1 look like W.J. but think same because of Indian army<br />Major-General in 1901 list
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
James George Roche Forlong (6 November 1824 – 29 March 1904[1]) was a Major General of the Indian Army who trained as an engineer in Scotland and England.<br />He was an Honorary Associate of the Rationalist Press Association, to which he left a sum of money in his will.<br /><br />Engineer in Indian Army, and on Madras Staff Corps. Retired 1876. Published a number of books on the evolution of religion and comparative religion. In 1901 he gave a benefaction of £5,000 to the Royal Asiatic Society. It would appear that he was an honorary Major-General as The Army List records that he retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.<br />
== Publications ==
=== External Publications ===
massive work of comparative religion, Rivers of Life,[2] with its markedly sexual, some would say blasphemous,[3] interpretation of religious rites and symbolism<br /><br />
=== House Publications ===

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