Dates: | 1826 - ? | Born: | India, Buxar |
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John Falconer, British Library A Biographical Dictionary of 19th Century Photographers in South and South-East Asia | Amateur, India
Bengal Artillery.
Son of Thomas Erskine Dempster (1799-1883), Bengal Medical Service 1820-57, and his wife Maria. Baptised at Buxar 15 Oct 1826 (precise date of birth not supplied, and father’s profession erroneaously given as ‘Sergeant’ (for Surgeon). Educated at St Andrew’s, Madras College and Addiscombe.
Bengal Artillery. See refs in Journal of the Bombay Photographic Society.
[Father is Crawford B.886; IOR/N/1/14/ f. 239; IOR/L/MIL/9/203 ff. 148-56; service records.]
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