William Ruxton Davison
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William Ruxton Davison was a British ornithologist and collector. Davison was born in Burma but grew up mainly in Ootacamund in southern India. He worked as a private collector and museum curator for
William Ruxton Davison 1893
Iomys horsfieldii davisoni
Davison's collection locations in southern India
George King (botanist)
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Sir George King was a British botanist who was appointed superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta in 1871, and became the first director of the Botanical Survey of India from 1890. He was
William Ruxton Davison
…school run by Rev. G. U. Pope. At the age of sixteen he apprenticed as a chemist at the Cinchona plantation. He them went to Calcutta to work under George King. King noticed his skills for animal observation and recommended him to A. O. Hume. Hume trained Davison for a year and then sent him to various parts…
Portrait of Sir George King
Portrait in The Gardeners' Chronicle (1909)
Memorial to Sir George King, St Machar's Cathedral