Dictionary of Indian Biography/Banerji, Sir Guru Das
BANERJI, SIR GURU DAS (1844–)
Born near Calcutta, Jan. 26, 1844: educated at the Hare School, Presidency College and Calcutta University: B.A. (1863), M.A. (1864) in Mathematics, gold medal: B.L. (1865): Law Lecturer at the Berhampur College: began to practise in the High Court in 1872: Doctor of Law in 1876: Tagore Law Professor, 1878: lectured on "Hindu Law of Marriage and Stridhan": Fellow of the Calcutta University, 1879: member of the Bengal Legislative Council, 1887: acted as Judge of the High Court, 1888, confirmed in Jan. 1889: Vice-chancellor of the Calcutta University, 1890–3: member, 1902, of the Indian Universities' Commission: retired in Jan., 1904: knighted the same year: wrote A Few Thoughts on Education.