Frederick Price (civil servant)

Sir John Frederick Price KCSI (3 October 1839 – 12 June 1927) was an Indian civil servant and translator who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council.^[1][2]

Early life

Price was born to John Price on October 3, 1839. He had his education at Melbourne University and qualified for the Indian civil service.^[2]

Career

Price joined the Indian civil service in 1862 and served till 1897. He also served as Chief Secretary of the Government of Madras. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in the 1893 New Year Honours,^[3] and upgraded to a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in the 1898 New Year Honours.^[4][2]

Works

• Pillai, Ananda Ranga; Translated by Sir J. Frederick Price, K. Rangachari (1904). The Private Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai, Volume I. Madras: Government Press. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
• Pillai, Ananda Ranga; Translated by Sir J. Frederick Price, K. Rangachari (1907). The Private Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai, Volume II. Madras: Government Press. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)

References

1. Price, Sir Frederick (1926). "PRICE, Sir (John) Frederick". Who Was Who (online edn, April 2014 ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
2. Buckland, C. E. (1906). Dictionary of Indian Biography. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. p. 343.
3. "The London Gazette". Issue: 26359. The Crown. 1893-01-02. p. 1. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
4. "The London Gazette". Issue: 26925. The Crown. 1897-12-31. p. 1. Retrieved 2015-10-11.