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Robert Orme

Robert Orme (25 December 1728 – 13 January 1801) was a British historian of India. Son of a British East India Company physician and surgeon, he entered the service of the Company in Bengal in 1743. He was regarded as an authority on India. He was appointed as a Member of the Council at Fort St. George, Madras, between 1754 and 1758. In that capacity he was instrumental in the sending of a young Robert Clive as the head of a punitive expedition in 1757 to Calcutta, after the Black Hole incident of 1756. He returned to England in 1760, and was appointed as historiographer to the British East India Company in 1769. Orme wrote A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan from 1745 (1763–78). He also published Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire, the Morattoes and English Concerns in Indostan from the year 1659 (1782).

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Robert Orme (25 December 1728 – 13 January 1801) was a British historian of India. Son of a British East India Company physician and surgeon, he entered the service of the Company in Bengal in 1743. He was regarded as an authority on India. He was appointed as a Member of the Council at Fort St. George, Madras, between 1754 and 1758. In that capacity he was instrumental in the sending of a young Robert Clive as the head of a punitive expedition in 1757 to Calcutta, after the Black Hole incident of 1756. He returned to England in 1760, and was appointed as historiographer to the British East India Company in 1769. Orme wrote A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan from 1745 (1763–78). He also published Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire, the Morattoes and English Concerns in Indostan from the year 1659 (1782).

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1728 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of death: 1801-01-13 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. date of formation: 1742 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. publication date: 1659 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  5. publication date: 1805 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  6. publication date: 1745 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  7. publication date: 1778 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  8. publication date: 1659 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1728". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of death is "1801-01-13". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the date of formation is "1742". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the publication date is "1659". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. The record states that the publication date is "1805". What evidence would count against this claim?
  7. The record states that the publication date is "1745". What evidence would count against this claim?
  8. The record states that the publication date is "1778". What evidence would count against this claim?
  9. The record states that the publication date is "1659". What evidence would count against this claim?
  10. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  11. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357621412

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