Dr. J. Drummond Anderson, Litt.D., teacher of Bengali in the University of Cambridge, entered the Indian Civil Service in 1873, and served until 1900, chiefly in Assam. He published a collection of Kachari folk-tales, of Chittagong proverbs, and other works on the languages of North-East India. No contemporary Englishman had a wider knowledge or a more just and discriminating appreciation of Bengali literature, and none was more delighted to watch and promote the advance of the Bengali. To great knowledge of oriental subjects he added a charming personality, and he was ever ready to assist students in the subjects of which he made a speciality. Several contributions by him on the folklore of Bengal have appeared in the pages of Folk-Lore.
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