Dictionary of Indian Biography/Bicknell, Herman
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BICKNELL, HERMAN (1830–1875)
Son of E. Bicknell: born April 2, 1830: educated at Paris, Hanover, University College, St. Bartholomew's: took his medical degree in 1855: gazetted Assistant Surgeon: first to Hongkong, then to Mianmir near Lahore in 1856: was Staff Assistant Surgeon: served through the mutiny and travelled widely, exploring in Tibet and the Himalayas: in 1861, resigned his commission. In 1862, as an English Muhammadan gentleman he resided in Cairo, and, undisguised, performed a pilgrimage to Mecca: he travelled also in Persia, to perfect his translation of Hafiz: visited the Kum mosque in Persia, 1869: eminent as a linguist and traveller: died March 14, 1875.