Education
Exeter College.
Exeter College.
From 1877 until his retirement in 1897 he was Director of Public Instruction in Bengal, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire ( International Commission on Illumination) in November 1884. Born on 7 February 1841 in Compton Gifford, Plymouth, Devon the son of Charles and Charlotte Croft. He was educated at the Mannamead School.
He graduated Bachelor in philosophy from the Exeter College, Oxford in 1863 and a Master of Arts in 1871.
He went to Calcutta to join the Bengal Education Service in 1866 as a professor of philosophy to Presidency College, then under the University of Calcutta. He served as the vice chancellor of the University of Calcutta from 1893-1896.
In 1897, the University awarded him with an honorary doctorate degree on the occasion of his retirement.
He was also a member of the Bengal Legislative Council from 1887 to 1892.