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James M. Campbell
1846–1903
A Scottish scholar-administrator in British India, he is best remembered for turning close local research into rich histories and ethnographic studies of western India. His work on Gujarat and the Bombay Presidency still stands out for its range and detail.
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History of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I.
by James M. Campbell
About the author
Born in 1846 and later known as Sir James Macnabb Campbell, he served in the Indian Civil Service and became a prominent intellectual figure in late 19th-century Bombay. Sources consistently connect him with scholarship on western India, especially Gujarat and the Bombay Presidency.
He is closely associated with the Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency and with works such as The Narbada Banks or Rewa Kantha and Muslim and Parsi Castes and Tribes of Gujarat. His writing blended administration, history, and ethnography, giving readers a broad picture of places, communities, and regional life.
Campbell died in 1903. For modern readers, his books offer both a valuable historical record and a glimpse of how colonial-era scholars tried to document the societies around them.