Roxburgh was succeeded by Francis Buchanan, The Scottish Physician who was also The first superintendent of the menagerie in the Alipore Zoological Garden, Calcutta (Kolkata). In 1807, under the instructions of the government of Bengal, Buchanan began a survey to prepare a report covering everything from topography, history, antiquities.... to natural resources. Some of his works can be found at :-
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After Buchanan stepped in Nathaniel Wallich. He served more than two decades and prepared “Wallich Catalogue” that included, besides his own collection, collections of Roxburgh, Gomez, Griffith and Wight. Please, also see - http://gpi.myspecies.info/content/wallich-catalogue-numbers.
William Griffith was born in Ham Common, near Petersham, Surrey, on the 4th March, 1810. Appointed to Malacca as Civil Assistant Surgeon in 1841, he was recalled to Calcutta the following year to act as Superintendent for the Royal Botanic Garden. A note from Dr. Datla C. S. Raju :-
"Dear Surajit,
Check Griffith is author of this Uri Dhan (Telugu we call Vari for cultivated one Adivi for wild ) so commemorate your last visit to the laboratory of Griffith the Director of Shibpore Garden who was founder of first laboratory in India ...... .Griffith also wrote monumental monographs on Indian plants and Mosses........"
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In 1847 (1948?) Falconer became superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Garden. He also taught Botany in Calcutta Medical College.
David Prain, the Scottish MD, became the Curator of the Calcutta Herbarium in 1887, and The Director of Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, in 1898. He is the author of “Bengal Plants” (1903) and “Flora of Sundribuns” (1903).
Andrew Thomas Gage, again from Scotland, followed David Prain and took charge of the Calcutta Herbarium and later became the Director of The Garden. The exact date or year is confusing, because of conflicting data available in the internet, however, it is sometimes in 1897-98 as a Curator and 1898 to 1905 as the Director. “Catalogue of non-herbaceous Phanerogams Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta”, one of his several works can be found in the internet.
This document is incomplete and insufficient, for several limitations of the recorder. Maybe oneday someone much better suited would document the History of Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, freely available in the internet …............................... THANK YOU
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