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Asiatic Society of Bengal, and his description of the collection, published soon afterwards, gave him a recognized position among the scientists of India. See also:

Early in 1831 he was appointed to the See also:

army station at See also:

MEERUT

Meerut, in the See also:

North-Western Provinces, but in the same See also:

YEAR

year he was asked to officiate as See also:

SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of the botanic See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden of See also:

SAHARANPUR

Saharanpur, during the See also:

ill-See also:

HEALTH

health and See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of Dr J. F. See also:

ROYLE, JOHN FORBES (1799—1858)

Royle; and in 1832 he succeeded to this See also:

POST

post. He was thus placed in a See also:

DISTRICT

district that proved to be See also:

rich in palaeontological remains; and he set to See also:

WORK

work to investigate its natural history and geology.

In 1834 he published a See also:

GEOLOGICAL

geological description of the Siwalik hills, in the 'See also:

TERTIARY

Tertiary strata of which he had in 1831 discovered bones of crocodiles, tortoises and other animals; and subsequently, with conjoint labourers, he brought to See also:

LIGHT

light a sub-tropical fossil See also:

FAUNA

fauna of unexampled extent and richness, including remains of See also:

MASTODON (Gr. µavTos, breast, &bobs, tooth)

Mastodon, the See also:

COLOSSAL

colossal ruminant Sivatherium, and the enormous See also:

TORTOISE

tortoise Colossochelys See also:

ATLAS

Atlas. For these valuable discoveries he and See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain (afterwards See also:

Sir Proby T.) See also:

CAUTLEY, SIR PROBY THOMAS (1802-1871)

Cautley (1802–1871) received in 1837 the See also:

Wollaston See also:

MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal in duplicate from the Geological Society of See also:

LONDON

London. In 1834 Falconer was appointedto inquire into the fitness of India for the growth of the See also:

TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea plant, and it was on his recommendation that it was introduced into that See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country. He was compelled by illness to leave India in 1842, and during his stay in See also:

England he occupied himself with the See also:

CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

classification and arrangement of the See also:

INDIAN

Indian fossils presented to the British Museum and East India See also:

House, chiefly by himself and Sir Proby T. Cautley. He then set to work to edit the See also:

GREAT

great memoir by Cautley and himself, entitled Fauna See also:

ANTIGUA

Antigua See also:

Sivas lanais, of which See also:

PART

Part I. See also:

TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text was issued in 1846, and a See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of 107 plates during the years 1846–1849. Unfortunately the work, owing partly to Dr Falconer's absence from England and partly to ill-health, was never completed. He was elected F. R. S. in 1845. In 1847 he was appointed superintendent of the See also:

CALCUTTA

Calcutta botanical garden, and . See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany in the medical See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college; and on entering on his duties in the following year he was at once employed by the Indian See also:

government and the Agricultural and Horticultural Society as their adviser on all matters connected with the See also:

VEGETABLE

vegetable products of India. He prepared an important See also:

REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on the See also:

TEAK

teak forests of See also:

TENASSERIM

Tenasserim, and this was the means of saving them from destruction by reckless See also:

FELLING

felling; and through his recommendation the cultivation of the See also:

CINCHONA

cinchona bark was introduced into the Indian See also:

EMPIRE

empire.

Being compelled by the See also:

state of his health to leave India in 1855, he spent the See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his See also:

LIFE

life chiefly in examining fossil See also:

SPECIES

species in England and the See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent corresponding to those which he had discovered in India, notably the species of mastodon, See also:

ELEPHANT

elephant and See also:

RHINOCEROS

rhinoceros; he also described some new See also:

MAMMALIA (from Lat. mamma, a teat or breast)

mammalia from the Purbeck strata, and he reported on the See also:

bone-caves of See also:

SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, See also:

GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar, See also:

Gower and See also:

BRIXHAM

Brixham. In the course of his researches he became interested in the question of the antiquity of the human See also:

RACE

race, and actually commenced a work on " Primeval See also:

Man," which, however, he did not, live to finish. He died on the 31st of See also:

JANUARY

January 1865. Shortly after his See also:

DEATH

death a See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee was formed for the promotion of a " Falconer Memorial." This took the shape of a See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble bust, which was placed in the rooms of the Royal Society of London, and of a Falconer scholarship of the See also:

ANNUAL

annual value of £ioo, open for competition to graduates in See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science or medicine of the university of Edinburgh. Dr Falconer's botanical notes, with 45o coloured drawings of See also:

KASHMIR, or CASHMERE

Kashmir and Indian See also:

PLANTS

plants, have been deposited in the library at See also:

Kew Gardens, and his Palaeontological See also:

MEMOIRS

Memoirs and Notes, comprising all his papers read before learned See also:

SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies, have been edited, with a See also:

BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical See also:

SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch, by See also:

Charles See also:

MURCHISON, SIR RODERICK IMPEY (1792-1871)

Murchison, M.D. (London, 1868). Many reminiscences of Dr Falconer, and a portrait of him, were published by his niece, See also:

Grace, See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

Prestwich, in her Essays descriptive and biographical (1901).

End of Article: FALCONER, HUGH (18o8–1865)

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