Dictionary of Indian Biography/Barclay, George Walter Woodfall

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BARCLAY, GEORGE WALTER WOODFALL (1847–)

Son of Charles Barclay, Surgeon-General Madras Army: born Aug. 25, 1847: educated at St. Andrews, in Germany, and at Edinburgh University: M.A., 1867: in the Indian Government Telegraph Department, 1868–71: editor of the Calcutta Englishman, 1872–77: Fellow of the Calcutta University: left India, 1877: F.R.S.E., 1883: J. P.: sometime acting Editor of the Calcutta Review, and of Vanity Fair: has held various local appointments at Edinburgh.