title: Frederick Price (civil servant)
text: # Frederick Price (civil servant)
  
  Sir John Frederick Price KCSI (3 October 1839 – 12 June 1927) was an Indian civil servant and translator who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Price was born to John Price on 3 October 1839. He had his education at Melbourne University and qualified for the Indian civil service.
  
  ## Career
  
  Price joined the Indian civil service in 1862 and served till 1897. He also served as Chief Secretary of the Government of Madras. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in the 1893 New Year Honours, and upgraded to a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in the 1898 New Year Honours.
  
  ## Works
  
  * Pillai, Ananda Ranga (1904). The Private Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai, Volume I. Translated by J. Frederick Price; K. Rangachari. Madras: Government Press.
  * Pillai, Ananda Ranga (1907). The Private Diary of Ananda Ranga Pillai, Volume II. Translated by J. Frederick Price; K. Rangachari. Madras: Government Press.
  