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Colonel Colin Mackenzie CB (1754–8 May 1821) was Scottish army officer in the British East India Company who later became the first Surveyor General of India. He was a collector of antiquities and an orientalist.
Sep 2, 2022 · Born in an obscure Scottish town, Colin Mackenzie discovered early on in his life that mathematics fascinated him. While chewing his way through mathematical tomes, he came across the mathematics of the ancient Hindus and was spellbound. Only a trip to its roots in India would satisfy him.
Aug 30, 2017 · Colin Mackenzie (1754-1821), a Scottish army officer in the British East India Company, spent four decades in India, during which time he recorded local histories, rulers, topographies and an endless array of data – manuscripts, maps, coins, sketches, paintings and artefacts. It was a treasure trove for later historians and anthropologists.
May 11, 2021 · The life of Colonel Sir Colin MacKenzie (1754-1821) was in some ways a typical story of a Scottish lad who rose from the ranks to become the first surveyor general of India, exhibiting great bravery as soldier and considerable genius as an administrator before his death on May 8, 1821.
Dec 22, 2016 · Col. Colin Mackenzie: Eagle eye of a manuscript man. Col. Colin Mackenzie’s survey of India resulted not only in the first authentic geographical map of south India, but also a...
Colonel Colin Mackenzie CB (1754–8 May 1821) was Scottish army officer in the British East India Company who later became the first Surveyor General of India. He was a collector of antiquities and an orientalist.
May 20, 2016 · 20 May 2016. Bringing Colin Mackenzie Home. Colonel Colin Mackenzie (1754-1821), the first Surveyor General of India, was a determined man. He was employed by the East India Company as a Military Surveyor, but did far more than simply make maps.
