Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

1846. (_m._ 1819 Sarah dau. of John Randall of the Isle of Wight,

she _d._ 1873). _d._ Hobart Town 1857. ATKINSON, JAMES. _b._ county of Durham 9 March 1780; assistant assay master at Calcutta mint 1813–28; superintendent of the government Gazette 1817–28; surgeon to 55 Bengal N.I. 1833; superintending surgeon to the army of the Indus 1838–41; a member of Bengal medical board 1845–47; author of _The Shâh Nâmah translated and abridged_ 1832, which won gold medal of Oriental translation fund; _The expedition into Afghanistan_ 1842; _Sketches in Afghanistan_