John Beames (1837–1902) was a civil servant in British India and an author. He served in the Indian Civil Service from 1859 until his retirement in 1893. He was also a scholar of I...view moreJohn Beames (1837–1902) was a civil servant in British India and an author. He served in the Indian Civil Service from 1859 until his retirement in 1893. He was also a scholar of Indian history, literature and linguistics. His great work was a comparative grammar of Indo-Aryan languages, and he poured his extensive experience of India into his Memoirs of a Bengal Civilian.view less