Herschel, William James
Variant namesWilliam Herschel (1833-1917) was educated at Clapham Grammar School and the East India Company's college at Haileybury. His later career took him to India, where, as a magistrate in Hooghly, he instituted the first known system of fingerprinting in 1877-8.
From the description of Professor Empson's lectures on moral philosophy and law, 1851-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702179091
1866-1871 magistrate of Midnapore; 1871-1872 district judge of Dinajpur; 1872-1874 district judge of Nadia; 1874-1875 commissioner of Cooch Behar; 1875-1877 magistrate of Shahabad; 1872-1878 magistrate of Hooghly; 1895-1904 member of Oxfordshire county council
Epithet: Bengal civil servant
Title: 2nd Baronet
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x000228
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| associatedWith | East India College (Hertford, England) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Empson, William, 1791-1852. | person |
| associatedWith | Herschel Family. | family |
| associatedWith | Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871. | person |
| associatedWith | Herschel, Margaret, Lady, 1810-1884? | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Cooch Behar State, India | |||
| Midnapore, Bengal | |||
| Bengal, India | |||
| Chota Nagpur, Bihar | |||
| Dacca, India |
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| Contracts |
| Criminal law |
| Ethics |
| Evidence (Law) |
| Fingerprints |
| Fingerprints |
| Law |
| Legal ethics |
| Procedure (Law) |
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Person
Birth 1833-01-09
Death 1917-10-24
Male
