George Turnour Jnr, CCS (1799–1843) was a British colonial administrator, scholar and a historian. A member of the Ceylon Civil Service, he served as a...

Turnour may refer to: Edward Garth-Turnour, 1st Earl Winterton (1734–1788), British politician Edward Turnour, 4th Earl Winterton (1810–1879), first-class...

edition and widely read English translation was published in 1837 by George Turnour, a historian and officer of the Ceylon Civil Service who translated...

married Chellana and Kosala Devi, sister of Pasenadi. According to George Turnour and N.L. Dey, the name of the father of Bimbisara was Bhatiya or Bhattiya...

King of Ceylon Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura. However, in 1837, George Turnour discovered Sri Lankan manuscripts (Dipavamsa, or "Island Chronicle"...

Priyadasi with the King of Ceylon Devanampiya Tissa. However, in 1837, George Turnour discovered a Siamese version of the Sri Lankan manuscript Dipavamsa...

Kuveni, the ancient Yakkha queen; Charles Pridham, Jonathan Forbes and George Turnour state that it is probable there is no more ancient form of worship existing...

Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton, PC (4 April 1883 – 26 August 1962), styled Viscount Turnour until 1907, was an Irish peer and British politician who...

243; AA.i.57,320 MA.ii.806 The Mahāvaṃsa XXXII. 43, translation by George Turnour (1837), read online : "The Mahavamsa.XXXII. : The Entrance Into the...

was created in 1766 for Edward Turnour, 1st Baron Winterton, who represented Bramber in the House of Commons. Turnour had already been created Baron Winterton...

found with the King of Ceylon Devanampiya Tissa. However, in 1837, George Turnour discovered an important Sri Lankan manuscript (Dipavamsa, or "Island...

James Templer 9th Treasurer of Ceylon In office 1843–1854 Preceded by George Turnour Succeeded by John Caufield Personal details Born (1791-06-06)6 June...

Prinsep began to decipher them with the help of Captain Edward Smith and George Turnour. They determined that the script referred to King Piyadasi which was...

Ashoka on the basis of Pali script from Sri Lanka communicated to him by George Turnour. These scripts were found on the pillars at Delhi and Allahabad and...

original worship of the island; Charles Pridham, Jonathan Forbes and George Turnour state that it is probable there is no more ancient form of worship existing...

most outstanding Royalist of the year. The celebrated Turnour Prize, in memory of George Turnour, is the oldest of the panel prizes. First awarded in 1846...

Edward Garth-Turnour, 1st Earl Winterton FRS (1734 – 10 August 1788) was a British politician. Born Edward Garth, he was the son of Joseph Garth and his...

Ashoka on the basis of Pali script from Sri Lanka communicated to him by George Turnour. The Kharoshthi script, written from right to left, and associated with...

of the remaining 62 chapters of the Mahavansa, that was started by George Turnour, who published the first 38 chapters in 1837 before his death. Wijesinha...

the Erythra Thalassa, 30 B.C.-A.D. 217. pp. 32–33 Jonathan Forbes, George Turnour. (1841). Eleven years in Ceylon: Comprising sketches of the field sports...

most important discovery was made in 1826 by a British administrator, George Turnour, who found a number of olas (palm-leaf manuscripts) containing the key...

edition an English translation of the Mahavamsa was published in 1837 by George Turnour. A German translation of Mahavamsa was completed by Wilhelm Geiger in...

more prestigious background for her and she took the name Evelyn Diana Turnour Sheffield, presenting herself as the child of a British naval officer and...

February 1841 15 April 1841 William Granville Treasurer 7 November 1837 1841 Replaced by George Turnour George Turnour 1 February 1841 15 April 1841...

election defeating the man who had succeeded him in 2007, Labor incumbent Jim Turnour. Entsch was subsequently appointed Chief Opposition Whip by then-opposition...

contributions made by Julius von Mohl the literary executor of Eugène Burnouf, George Turnour "for access to his unpublished manuscripts; and to those portions of...

Mahabharata (Sanskrit) Calcutta 1837 Mahāvaṃsa (Pali and English translation) George Turnour Colombo 1838 Book of Enoch (Ethiopic) Richard Laurence 1838 Kālidāsa...

who were posted to Sri Lanka, in the 19th century, the others being George Turnour, and Robert Caesar Childers (1838–1876). At this time Buddhism in Sri...

Government. On 5 July 1829 he married Frances née Turnour, the second daughter of the Hon. George Turnour and the niece of Cardinal Louis-François de Bausset...

Carrington 1824 1828 Edward Barnes 7 William Granville 1 May 1828 1841 8 George Turnour 1 February 1841 31 October 1843 James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie 9...