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Horatio Boileau Goad (18 September 1839 – 12 February 1896) was a policeman who rose to be the secretary of the Municipal Corporation of Simla, British India. He had an extraordinary knowledge of local languages and customs and was a master of disguise. He was the eldest son of Major Samuel Boileau Goad who built and owned 33 homes in Simla. Rudyard Kipling based the character Strickland in Plain Tales from the Hills on Goad. Goad committed suicide in 1896.

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  • Horatio Boileau Goad (18 September 1839 – 12 February 1896) was a policeman who rose to be the secretary of the Municipal Corporation of Simla, British India. He had an extraordinary knowledge of local languages and customs and was a master of disguise. He was the eldest son of Major Samuel Boileau Goad who built and owned 33 homes in Simla. Rudyard Kipling based the character Strickland in Plain Tales from the Hills on Goad. Goad committed suicide in 1896. (en)
  • Horatio Boileau Goad, né le 18 septembre 1839 et mort le 12 février 1896 est un policier britannique dont la carrière s'est déroulée aux Indes britanniques, jusqu'au poste de secrétaire de la corporation municipale de Simla. Il est resté célèbre pour la connaissance extraordinaire qu'il avait des langues et coutumes locales et pour sa science du déguisement. Goad se suicide en 1896. (fr)
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  • Horatio Boileau Goad (18 September 1839 – 12 February 1896) was a policeman who rose to be the secretary of the Municipal Corporation of Simla, British India. He had an extraordinary knowledge of local languages and customs and was a master of disguise. He was the eldest son of Major Samuel Boileau Goad who built and owned 33 homes in Simla. Rudyard Kipling based the character Strickland in Plain Tales from the Hills on Goad. Goad committed suicide in 1896. (en)
  • Horatio Boileau Goad, né le 18 septembre 1839 et mort le 12 février 1896 est un policier britannique dont la carrière s'est déroulée aux Indes britanniques, jusqu'au poste de secrétaire de la corporation municipale de Simla. Il est resté célèbre pour la connaissance extraordinaire qu'il avait des langues et coutumes locales et pour sa science du déguisement. Il était le fils aîné du major Samuel Boileau Goad qui avait bâti et été propriétaire 33 maisons à Simla. Rudyard Kipling se serait inspiré de Goad pour le personnage de Strickland dans la courte nouvelle « Le Saïs de Mademoiselle Youghal » (Miss Youghal's sais) de 1887, incluse dans le recueil « Simples contes des collines (Plain Tales from the Hills) » . Goad se suicide en 1896. (fr)
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