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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 | Falconer | | | First Name(s) | Hugh | | | Year of Birth | 1808 | | | Year of Death | 1865 | | | Entry | Botanist : son of David Falconer : born Feb. 29, 1808 : educated at Forres and Aberdeen University : M.D. of Edinburgh in 1829 : studied geology and Indian fossils : joined the E.I. Co.'s medical service in Bengal, 1830 : succeeded Dr. Roylein 1832 as Superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, Saharanpur : made, with other officers, important discoveries of fossils, mammals and reptiles in the Sivalik hills : served on the Tea Commission of 1834, and superintended the manufacture of the first Indian tea : he travelled in 1837-8 to Kashmir and Beluchistan, and in the Astor Valley discovered assafaetida : contributed many plants and fruit trees from Kashmir to Saharanpur : while in England, 1843- 7, he wrote on geology, fossils and botany, his botanical collections and work being subsequently utilized : was engaged on the arrangement and exhibition of Indian fossils in the British Museum : he commenced the publication of the Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis. From 1848 to 1855 he was, on Dr. Wallich's death, Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Sibpur, Howrah, opposite to Calcutta : Professor of Botany in the Calcutta Medical College : and adviser of the Government of India on vegetable products : wrote on teak, cinchona, fossils, etc. : after retirement, he continued his studies in palaeontology, fossil mammals and pre-historic man: visited museums, served on a Royal Commission on the sanitary condition of India, writing papers on his own subjects : F.R.S. in 1845 : Vice-President of the Royal Society : he died Jan. 31, 1865. A selection of his palaeontological papers was published under the editorship of Dr. Murchison. |
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