Charles Evelyn Arbuthnot William Oldham, CSI, FRGS or C. E. A. W. Oldham (15 September 1869 — 18 November 1949) was a British Indian civil servant, historian and scholar. Oldham was born in Galway, son of geologist Charles Aemilius Oldham and was educated at Galway Grammar School and

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1885 and went to work in Bengal. He initially worked as an assistant magistrate and collector. In 1895 he became under secretary to government. He served as district officer of Gaya for five years and Munger for two years worked in the agricultural department from 1905. He was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind medal, first class in 1902 for his services during the plague in Gaya. He was an expert on Magadhi, Maithili, and Bhojpuri and worked on local archaeology. After he retired in 1919 from service he served as an assistant editor for the ''

Indian Antiquary ''The Indian Antiquary: A journal of oriental research in archaeology, history, literature, language, philosophy, religion, folklore, &c, &c,'' (subtitle varies) was a journal of original research relating to India, published between 1872 and 1 ...

'' and following the death of Sir Richard Temple in 1931, he took over as editor. He edited notes on the travels of

Francis Buchanan Francis Buchanan (15 February 1762 – 15 June 1829), later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist whil ...

in Bhagalpur and Shahabad.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oldham, C. E. A. W. 1869 births 1949 deaths Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Recipients of the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal Companions of the Order of the Star of India Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Historians of India British people in colonial India Scientists from County Galway 20th-century Irish historians