native powers in … India. … Compiled and arranged from Mr. Thomas's original documents (Appendix), 4to, Calcutta, 1803; 8vo, London, 1805. Tracts, Political, Geographical, and Commercial; on the dominions of Ava, and the North-Western parts of Hindostaun, 8vo, London, 1811. Miscellaneous Remarks, in two parts: 1st. On Vincent's "Geography of Susiana". 2nd. Supplementary Note on the Site of the ancient City of Palibothra (Pataliputra), 4to, Calcutta, 1813. Inquiry concerning the Site of ancient Palibothra, &c. 4 pts. 4to, London, 1815–22. Researches on the Tenets and Doctrines of the Jeynes and Boodhists; conjectured to be the Brachmanes of ancient India. In which is introduced a discussion on the worship of the serpent in various countries of the world, 4to, London, 1827. To vol. iv. of Asiatick Researches (1795), pp. 419–32, he contributed An Account of the present State of Delhi; while to vol. ii. of Miscellaneous Translations from Oriental Languages, published in 1834 by the Oriental Translation Fund, he furnished an Account of the Grand Festival held by the Amír Timur … A. H. 803. Translated … from the "Mulfuzat Timuri", or Life of Timur, written by himself. Other literary activity In 1837 he published his father's historical play, Mary Queen of Scots. He maintained a learned correspondence with Dean Vincent, who was second master during the time he was at Westminster; and Francklin was one of the few persons to whom the dean acknowledged obligations in the preface to the Periplus, 1800–5. Francklin was a member, and during the later years of his life librarian and member of the council, of the Royal Asiatic Society. He was also a member of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta. Works References William Francklin at Open Library 1763 births 1839 deaths British orientalists Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British Indologists British East India Company Army officers British people in colonial India