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Atkinson became a member of the
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Shoojah-ool-Moolk and Dost Mohammad Khan. He realised the impossibility of controlling a country like Afghanistan in his line
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Griffin: a Burlesque Poem in Twelve Cantos Illustrated by Twenty-Five Engravings Descriptive of the Adventures of a Cadet in the East India Company's Service, from the Period of His Quitting England to His Obtaining a Staff
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The appointment at the Mint while not a sinecure as such afforded
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stayed with D’Oyly during this period and both D’Oyly and
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Atkinson leased the Press and the
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continued to be a great success publishing two issues per week from 1823 and in 1827 it was the most widely circulated of all the
English language newspapers in Bengal. The
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Superintending Surgeon (ranking with Lieutenant-Colonel) of the Army of the Indus, Bengal Division. He proceeded with the Army under
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Expedition into Afghanistan: notes and sketches descriptive of the country, contained in a personal narrative during the campaign of 1839 & 1840, etc
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p.341 The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington, in the Bishoprick, various contributors, published by Darlington & Stockton Times, 1854
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Atkinson married Jane Bathie on 4 October 1815 at Fort William, Calcutta. Together they had four sons and one daughter: Frederick Dayot, Charles D’Oyly,
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La secchia rapita; or, The rape of the bucket an heroic-comical poem in twelve cantos. Translated from the Italian of Alessandro Tassoni, with notes
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Customs and Manners of the Women of Persia, and their domestic superstitions, translated from the original Persian manuscript (Kitábi Kulsúm Nanch)
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The Sha Nameh of the Persian Poet Firdausi, translated and abridged in prose and verse with notes and illustrations
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who had been making political overtures to the Russians. Atkinson was present at the storming of
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