Sir John William Kaye

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Sir John William Kaye was a 19th-century British military historian, civil servant, and author best known for his influential histories of British India and the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
historian ⓘ
military historian ⓘ
person ⓘ
awardedBy British Crown ⓘ
birthDate 1814-06-03 ⓘ
birthPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1876-07-24 ⓘ
deathPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
editorOf Calcutta Review ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
Royal Military College, Addiscombe ⓘ
employer East India Company ⓘ
India Office ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork history of British India ⓘ
military history ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
history ⓘ
military history ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
knownFor histories of British India ⓘ
history of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch Bengal Artillery ⓘ
militaryRank lieutenant ⓘ
movement Victorian historiography ⓘ
name John William Kaye ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork History of the Sepoy War in India, 1857–1858 ⓘ
History of the War in Afghanistan ⓘ
Life and Correspondence of Lord Metcalfe ⓘ
Lives of Indian Officers ⓘ
The Administration of the East India Company ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
historian ⓘ
placeOfActivity British India ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Secretary in the Political and Secret Department of the India Office ⓘ
receivedTitle knighthood ⓘ
resignationYear 1841 ⓘ
resignedFrom East India Company army ⓘ
serviceEntry East India Company army ⓘ
workedAs editor ⓘ
journalist ⓘ

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