Dictionary of Indian Biography/Banerjea, Rev. Krishna Mohan
BANERJEA, REV. KRISHNA MOHAN (1813–1885)
Born 1813: son of Jiban Krishna Banerjea, a member of a high caste Brahman family in Calcutta: educated at the Hindu College: in 1829, became a teacher in the Hare School, Calcutta: came under the influence of Derozio and Dr. Duff, and was converted to Christianity in 1833: became a teacher in the C.M.S. School in Calcutta, and in 1837 was ordained a clergyman in the Church of England: from 1852 to 1868, was a Professor in Bishop's College, Calcutta: Fellow, 1858, of the Calcutta University: Doctor of Law, 1876: Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Calcutta: Examiner in Sanskirt, Hindi, Tamil, and Uriya: M.R.A.S.B., also of the British Indian Association, Calcutta Corporation, and Board of Examiners: was made a C.I.E.: was in his later years regarded by Government as a Head and Leader of the Indian Community: wrote many books and pamphlets, chief among which are Dialogues on. Hindu Philosophy and Aryan Witness: he knew eleven languages well: his name will pass to posterity as a great scholar and linguist: died May 11, 1885.