The Cullen Project | People [PERS ID:5914]

People [PERS ID:5914]

Field	Data
ID	5914
Title	Lieutenant
First Name	William
Middle Name/Initial(s)
Last Name	Yule
Maiden Name
AKA
Gender	Male
Occupation	Officer in Bengal Army
Medical Professional?	Non Medical Professional

Birth/Death

Birth/Death
Birth (year)	1746
Date of death (year)	1839

Notes


Born in Dirleton, East Lothian, he obtained service in the East India Company, and was a Lieutenant in the Bengal Army when his case notes came to Cullen. He retired from service in 1808 after rising to the rank of Major. During his period of service he developed an interest in Persian and Arabic literature and his collection of Oriental manuscripts was donated to the British Museum. He had married Elizabeth Paterson (d.c. 1827) to whom he had three sons, and all were to follow in their father's footsteps to India.

Born in Dirleton, East Lothian, he obtained service in the East India Company, and was a Lieutenant in the Bengal Army when his case notes came to Cullen. He retired from service in 1808 after rising to the rank of Major. During his period of service he developed an interest in Persian and Arabic literature and his collection of Oriental manuscripts was donated to the British Museum. He had married Elizabeth Paterson (d.c. 1827) to whom he had three sons, and all were to follow in their father's footsteps to India.

Further Information about this person

Link
Misc	The British Museum entry on William Yule

Cases that this person appears in:

Count	Case ID	Case Name
1	Case 2392	Case of Lieutenant Yule whose has suffered a 'paraoxyms' which has left him 'faintish', short of breath and with a strained voice as if he had been reading aloud for a long time.