Sir Augustus Rivers Thompson KCSI

CIE CIE may refer to: Organizations * Cambridge International Examinations, an international examination board * Center for International Education at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst * Cleveland Institute of Electronics, a private technical ...

(12 September 1829 – 27 November 1890) was a British colonial administrator who served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from April 1875 to March 1878. He was

Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal The Governor was the chief colonial administrator in the Bengal presidency, originally the "Presidency of Fort William" and later "Bengal province". In 1644, Gabriel Boughton procured privileges for the East India Company which permitted them to ...

between 1882 and 1887. Thompson was appointed a CSI in 1877, a CIE in 1883 and knighted with the KCSI in 1885. He was president of the executive committee of the

Calcutta International Exhibition The Calcutta International Exhibition world's fair was held in Calcutta (now Kolkata) from the end of 1883 to March 1884. Summary The fair was held between 4 December 1883 and 10 March 1884. and took place in the grounds of the Indian Museum an ...

(1883-1884). He established the R.T. Girls' High School in Suri, Birbhum. He died of pneumonia in Gibraltar.

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