NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Davis, Samuel (1760-1819) Director East India Co DNB: Davis, Samuel (1760–1819), East India Company servant and orientalist LBT ID: SaDavis1819 VIAF ID: 18411862 | B/BAP: 1760 DIED: 1819-06-16 |
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File | |
Born in the West Indies, he was an Indian barrister, judge and associate of Sir William
Jones; returning to England in 1806 he served as a director of the East India
Company. | |