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Quintin Craufurd was born at Kilwinnock on the 22nd of September 1743. In early life he went to India, where he entered the service of the East India Company.
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Sketches Chiefly Relating to the History, Religion, Learning, and Manners, of the Hindoos. with a Concise Account of the Present State of the Native Powers of Hindostan; Volume 1
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Quintin Craufurd
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Quintin Craufurd settled in Paris, where he gave himself to the cultivation of literature and art, and formed a good library and collection of paintings, coins and other objects of antiquarian interest. Craufurd was on intimate terms with the French court, especially with Marie Antoinette, and was one of those who arranged the flight to Varennes. He escaped to Brussels, but in 1792 he returned to Paris in the hope of rescuing the royal prisoners. He lived among the French imigris until the peace of Amiens made it possible to return to Paris. Through Talleyrand's influence he was able to remain in Paris after the war was renewed, and he died there on the 23rd of November 1819. He wrote, among other works, The History, Religion, Learning and Manners of the Hindus (1790), Secret History of the King of France and his Escape from Paris (first published in 1885), Researches concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning and Commerce of Ancient and Modern India (1817), History of the Bastille (1798), On Pericles and the Arts in Greece (1815), Essay on Swift and his Influence on the British Government (1808), Notice sur Marie Antoinette, (1809), Memoires de Mme du Hausset (1808).
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Sketches Chiefly Relating to the History, Religion, Learning, and Manners, of the Hindoos. with a Concise Account of the Present State of the Native Powers of Hindostan; Volume 1
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Sketches Chiefly Relating to the History, Religion, Learning, and Manners, of the Hindoos. with a Concise Account of the Present State of the Native Powers of Hindostan; Volume 1
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