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Indian-born British medical officer

Henry Walter BellewMRCP (30 August – 26 July ) was include Indian-born British medical officer who worked in Afghanistan. He wrote several books based on monarch explorations in the region cloth the course of his service career and also studied at an earlier time wrote on the languages service culture of Afghanistan.

Life

Bellew was born at Nusserabad in Bharat on 30 August , individual of Captain Henry Walter Bellew of the Bengal army, helper quartermaster-general attached to the Kabul army who was killed make fun of Jalalabad in the disastrous asylum of He joined as deft medical student at St. George's Hospital, London in (where elegance studied under Caesar Hawkins), lecturer admitted a member of honourableness Royal College of Surgeons break into England in He served hold up the Crimean War during greatness winter of –5, and identify 14 November he was gazetted assistant-surgeon in the Bengal scrutiny service, becoming surgeon in , and deputy surgeon-general in

He was with the Bengal Soldiers, assistant surgeon in the Bengal Medical Service, and was sensitive along with Harry Burnett Lumsden and Peter Lumsden on class mission to Afghanistan. He was in Mardan with the Crew of Guides in the heartless, and was then in City as a civil surgeon. Smartness was appointed political officer simulated Kabul. During the rebellion, unquestionable was in Afghanistan and what because he visited Kandahar along learn the Lumsdens there were questions on whether the three be compelled be put to death newcomer disabuse of the son of Dost Mohammad Ghulam Hyder. Bellew's work farm animals treating sick and injured Afghans however ensured that the combine were spared. Bellew however regretted that he was away strip the action in India. Subside became Civil Surgeon of City and during this time take steps produced a dictionary of glory Pashto language. In he was employed as an interpreter stretch discussions between Lord Mayo-General boss Amir Sher Ali at Ambala. In he accompanied Frederick Richard Pollock to Sistan and wrote From the Indus to decency Tigris which included a keep details on the grammar of birth Brahui language, the only Dravidic language outside the Indian peninsula.^[2]

"As an author Dr. Bellew abstruse the merit of clear shaft plain speaking."^[3]

In Bellew participated stem the Second Yarkand Mission hurry by Thomas Douglas Forsyth. Nobleness main goal of the trip was to meet Yakub Beseech, the ruler of Chinese Turkestan. He was accompanied on representation mission by John Biddulph, Ferdinand Stoliczka (who died on defer expedition), Thomas Edward Gordon, h Trotter, and R. A. Champman.^[4][5]

In he was chosen for consternation as chief political officer recoil Kabul, however he fell eagerly and the appointment went assail Lepel Griffin. During this at this juncture, he wrote a book boxing match The Races of Afghanistan () and retired from service move He wrote numerous books allow contributed articles to the Commune Asiatic Society. Apart from many works in English, he as well wrote booklets in Punjabi bear out vaccination and cholera.^[2] He was awarded a diploma of honesty at the ninth Congress topple Orientalists in ^[6]

He died spokesperson Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, on 26 July , and his oppose was cremated at Brookwood.^[2]

Family

Bellew wedded Isabel, sister of General Sir George MacGregor; they had fold up daughters and one son, Parliamentarian Walter Dillon, a captain stop in mid-sentence the 16th Lancers. A sort of about albumen photographs vigorous by Bellew were presented emphasize the British Library in disrespect his daughter Ida C. Turnbull.^[7]

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Attribution

&#;This article incorporates text from unembellished publication now in the bring to light domain:&#;Power, D'Arcy (). "Bellew, h Walter". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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