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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC1027 Z5/26
Title'Coolie Sahib: C. E. Tyndale-Biscoe of N. W. India'
Extent1 volume
Date1954
DescriptionBiography of Rev Cecil Earle Tyndale-Biscoe (1863-1949), CMS missionary and clergyman by Pat Yates. Publisher: London: Edinburgh House Press, 1954 (7th impression), Eagle Books, no. 10.
NotesFormerly numbered: CMS/ACC1027 F5/9.

'Coolie' is an offensive, outdated term which was commonly used when referring to 'unskilled', low paid labourers in different parts of Asia [source: 'Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary and Thesaurus', Cambridge University Press. Available online at https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/coolie. Accessed 14 July 2024]. Edit note, July 2024.
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Related MaterialThe Tyndale-Biscoes were family friends and there are letters from different members of the family in the correspondence which is held as part of this collection (CMS/ACC1027 F3).

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