author
George Aberigh-Mackay
1848–1881
A sharp-eyed Anglo-Indian satirist and educator, he wrote with wit about colonial life in India and left a striking body of work despite dying young. Best known for Twenty-One Days in India, his writing mixes humor, observation, and a clear feel for the world around him.
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Twenty-One Days in India, or, the Tour Of Sir Ali Baba K.C.B.; and, the Teapot Series
by George Aberigh-Mackay
About the author
Born on July 25, 1848, George Robert Aberigh-Mackay was a British writer and educationalist who spent his adult life in India. Sources describe him as the son of a Bengal chaplain, educated at Magdalen College School and at Cambridge before entering the Indian education department in 1870.
He later served as professor of English literature at Delhi College, then as tutor to the Raja of Ratlam, and eventually as principal of Rajkumar College at Indore. Alongside this academic career, he built a reputation as an Anglo-Indian writer with a light, satirical touch.
He is especially remembered for Twenty-One Days in India, a comic satire on Anglo-Indian society that helped secure his literary reputation. His career was brief but promising, and he died on January 12, 1881, at only 32 years old.