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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

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Date transcribed	2011-03-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Day
	First Name(s)	Francis
	Year of Birth	1829
	Year of Death	1889
	Entry	Son of William Day : born March 2, 1829 : educated at Shrewsbury and St. George's Hospital, London : joined the E.I. Co.'s Medical Service at Madras, 1852 : served in the Burmese war of 1852- 54 : Surgeon-Major in 1872 : Deputy Surgeon-General in 1876, when he retired. An eminent naturalist : Ichthyology was the real work of his life : he investigated, for Government, the condition of Indian fisheries : his last appointment was as Inspr-General of Fisheries in India, where he was recognized as the chief authority on Indian fishes and pisciculture. After his retirement, he pursued his studies in the same subject, gaining medals at several exhibitions between 1875 and 1883. He was made CLE. in 1885 : LL.D. of Edinburgh in 1889 : F.Z.S., and F.L.S. : was Indian Commissioner at the Fisheries Exhibition, 1883. Collections made by him are at Calcutta, Cambridge, London, etc. He wrote extensively on Fish and Fisheries, in separate works and in contributions to the Journals of learned Societies : wrote The Fishes of India, The Fishes of Malabar, The British and Irish Salmonidce, The Fishes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, The Fishes of the Nilgiri Hills and Wynaad, The Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland : also, The Land of the Perumals, 1863 : Tropical Fevers, etc. : died July 10, 1889.

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