About John Zephaniah Holwell

John Zephaniah Holwell was a surgeon, an employee of the British East India Company, and a temporary Governor of Bengal (1760). He was also one of the first Europeans to study Indian antiquities and was an early advocate of animal rights and vegetarianism.

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Occupation: surgeon, immunologist, physician

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John Zephaniah Holwell

English surgeon and temporary Governor of Bengal (1711-1798)

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