John Zephaniah Holwell
1711 AD – 1798 AD
John Zephaniah Holwell (17 September 1711 – 5 November 1798) was a surgeon, an employee of the British East India Company, and a temporary Governor of Bengal (1760). He was also one of the first Europeans to study Indian antiquities and was an early advocate of animal rights and vegetarianism.
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Born · 1711 AD
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Died · 1798 AD
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