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At an early stage in his life, Bower attained mastery over Tamil. He was the principal Tamil examiner of the
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Bower was born in 1812 in an Anglo-Indian family in Madras. He was educated at the
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Bower retired in 1884 and was given a pension. He died in 1885 at
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