Dictionary of Indian Biography/Brown, Charles Philip
BROWN, CHARLES PHILIP (1798–1884)
I.C.S.: born in India, 1798: son of the Rev. David Brown (q.v.): educated by his father in India: and at Haileybury: went to Madras in the Civil Service, 1817: Judge of Masulipatam; Persian and Telugu Translator to Government: Post Master General, Madras: Member of the Council of Education: early made a special study of Telugu and became a great scholar: compiled a Telugu-English and English-Telugu Dictionary, 1845–53, and Grammar, 1840, and translated the Bible into Telugu: published Chronological Tables: and various works in Telugu: wrote on that language and other subjects in the Madras Journal of Literature: retired, 1855: Honorary Professor of Telugu in London University: on the Council of the R.A.S: died 1884.