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| Lowis, Cecil Champain. Adm. pens. at CORPUS CHRISTI, Oct. 1, 1885. [S. of Edmund Elliot. B. Jan. 31, 1866. Schools, Newton College, Devon, and Göttingen gymnasium, Germany.] Matric. Michs. 1885. Appointed to I.C.S., 1885; Assistant Commissioner in Burma; Deputy Commissioner, 1898. Officiating Chief Secretary to Government, 1903 and 1904; lent to Government of Egypt, as Director-General of Egyptian Census, 1906-8. Commissioner and Superintendent of Ethnography, Burma, 1908; retired, Oct. 1912. Served in France during the Great War, 1914-19; in command of an Indian Labour Company, 1917-18. Author of numerous novels including Four Blind Mice; The Spinster; The Green Tunnel. Latterly of Godalming, where he died Oct. 9, 1948. (I.C.S. Lists; Who's Who; The Times, Oct. 11, 1948.) | Cecil Champain LOWIS Approx. lifespan: 1866–1948 pens. Corpus Christi College adm1885:10:01 s. of Edmund Elliot LOWIS b. 1866:01:31 Schools Sch: Newton College Newton, Devon , , and Sch: Göttingen gymnasium Germany , Matric 1885:10MT: Appointed to: I.C.S. 1885 Assistant Commissioner in: : Burma , Deputy Commissioner: 1898 Officiating Chief Sec. to: : Government 1903, and 1904 lent to Government of Egypt , , as Director-General of: : Egyptian Census 1906-08 Commissioner and Superintendent of: Ethnography, Burma , 1908 ; retired1912:10 Served France , during the Great War 1914-19 ;in command of an Indian Labour Company [India], 1917-18 Author of numerous novels including Four Blind Mice; The Spinster; The Green Tunnel Latterly of Godalming, [Surrey], d. 1948:10:09 ( I.C.S. Lists; Who's Who; The Times 1948:10:11) |