Richard Carnac Temple

Richard Carnac Temple was born in Allahabad on 15 October 1850. He joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1871, transferred to the Indian Army and in 1879 was appointed cantonment magistrate in the Punjab, where his taste for folklore awoke. From 1886 he edited the Indian Antiquary, served in Burma, then from 1895 to 1904 was chief commissioner of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In retirement he devoted himself to editing early travel narratives, and died at Territet, in Switzerland, on 3 March 1931.

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• EpicThe Legends of the PanjâbRichard Carnac Temple · 1884Literature