page_title: John Gilchrist (linguist)
section_title: Final years, death and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: John Gilchrist (linguist) / Biography / Final years, death and legacy
context_page_description: John Borthwick Gilchrist FRSE was a Scottish surgeon, linguist, philologist and Indologist. Born and educated in Edinburgh, he spent most of his early career in India, where he made a study of the local languages. In later life, he returned to Britain and lived in Edinburgh and London. In his final years, he moved to Paris, where he died at the age of 81.
  He is principally known for his study of the Hindustani language, which led to it being adopted as the lingua franca of northern India by British colonists and indigenous people. He compiled and authored An English-Hindustani Dictionary, A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language, The Oriental Linguist, and many more. His lexicon of Hindustani was published in Arabic script, Nāgarī script, and in Roman transliteration. He is also known for his role in the foundation of University College London and for endowing the Gilchrist Educational Trust.
context_section_description: Gilchrist travelled to the Continent several times between 1825 and 1831, for reasons of ill health. He settled in Paris almost permanently from 1831 onwards, obtaining a French passport for himself, his wife and two servants, and resided in the Rue Matignon. He died there on 9 January 1841, aged 81, and was buried in the Père-Lachaise Cemetery.
caption: Tomb at the Père-Lachaise Cemetery.
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