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'''Arthur Grote''' (29 November 1814 – 4 December 1886) was an English colonial administrator.<br />
[[Image:Arthur Grote.jpg|thumb|alt=Portrait of Arthur Grote by Knight]]<br />
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==Life==<br />
He was born on 29 November 1814 at [[Beckenham]] in [[Kent]], England. He was the son of George Grote (1760–1830), a London banker, and Selina Peckwell (1775-1845) who was the daughter of the Rev. Dr [[Henry Peckwell]] (1747-1787) and Bella Blosset of Co. Meath, from a well-connected Huguenot family.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.richard-green.com/Sir-Thomas-Lawrence-Portrait-Miss-Selina-Peckwell-later-Mrs-George-Grote-1775-1845-DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=6&tabindex=5&objectid=299309 |title=Portrait of Miss Selina Peckwell |access-date=2010-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718214703/http://www.richard-green.com/Sir-Thomas-Lawrence-Portrait-Miss-Selina-Peckwell-later-Mrs-George-Grote-1775-1845-DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=6&tabindex=5&objectid=299309 |archive-date=2011-07-18 |url-status = dead}}</ref> His elder brother [[George Grote]] (1794–1871) became a distinguished politician and historian of Greece.<br />
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He was educated at [[Haileybury College]], and entered the [[Bengal Civil Service]] in 1834, where as a civil servant he was employed in [[Bengal]] from 1834 to 1868 and was commissioner and member of the Board of Revenue, [[Calcutta]], 1861–8. He was also served as [[List of Presidents of The Asiatic Society|President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal]], 1859–62 and 1865 and President of the Royal Agricultural Society of India.<br />
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On his return to England in 1868, he became a prominent member of the [[Linnean Society of London]] and [[Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|Royal Asiatic Society]], and wrote many papers on Natural History subjects. Grote was elected a member of the [[Society of Arts]] in 1886.<br />
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He died on 4 December 1886 at his house in [[Ovington Square]], London. One of his portraits, painted by Knight, is in the collection of [[the Asiatic Society]], [[Kolkata]].<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*[http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/namedef-2004 www.darwinproject.ac.uk]<br />
*[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=CV%2FPers%2FGrote%2C%20George%20%281762-1830%29%20banker janus.lib.cam.ac.uk George Grote (1760-1830)]<br />
*[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=CV%2FPers%2FGrote%2C%20George%20%281794-1871%29%20MP%2C%20historian janus.lib.cam.ac.uk George Grote (1794-1871)]<br />
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*Obituary, Society of Arts, Journal, 35 (1886:Nov. 19-1887:Nov. 11) p.&nbsp;86<br />
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