Cust, Robert Needham
(male)
02/24/1821 - 10/28/1909
English
East India Company servant and orientalist; held several administrative positions in India; expert in oriental languages; barrister; wrote Modern Languages of the East Indies (1878), Modern Languages of Africa (1883), diaries and letters. See ODNB.
Cust, Robert Needham
(male)
02/24/1821 - 10/27/1909
English
Trinity College, Cambridge
Colonial administrator and linguist; served in India; wrote Pictures of Indian Life (1881), Modern Languages of Africa (1878), and many other works.