EditorialHalf-length portrait of Claudius James Rich, c.1803. A brilliant linguist, he studied a numberof Oriental languages at an early age, and applied to the East India Company for a military cadetship. The directors decided his abilities would be better ser...
EditorialHalf-length portrait of Claudius James Rich, c.1803. A brilliant linguist, he studied a numberof Oriental languages at an early age, and applied to the East India Company for a military cadetship. The directors decided his abilities would be better ser...