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- ↑ Sixty years of the Numismatic Society of India, 1910-1971 Numismatic Society of India - 1973 "Dr. George Pritchard Taylor. He was well known to many of us, and beloved by all who knew him. ... He was born in Cambay in 1854 and from 1877 till his death this year lived and worked in and for Gujarat. For nearly 29 years he was Principal of the Stevenson Memorial Divinity College, Ahmadabad. He was a Fellow cf the Bombay University and on the King-Emperor's visit to India received from His Majesty's hands the gold Kaisar-i-Hind Medal.
- ↑ Naegamvala, kavasji Dadabhai (1902). Report On The Total Solar Eclipse Of January 21-22,1898 As Observed At Jeur In Western India.
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