Hugh Cleghorn (forester), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hugh Cleghorn (forester)

Scottish forester

Date of Birth: 09-Aug-1820

Place of Birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Date of Death: 17-May-1895

Profession: physician, surgeon, botanist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn of Stravithie, FRSE FLS LLD (9 August 1820 – 16 May 1895) was a Madras-born Scottish physician who worked in India and pioneered as a botanist and in forest conservancy.
Cleghorn, sometimes known as the father of scientific forestry in India, was instrumental in the creation of the forest department in the Presidency of Madras.
The plant genus Cleghornia was named after him by the botanist Robert Wight.
Cleghorn returned to Scotland in 1869 and developed forestry education in Scotland and established a lecturership at the University of Edinburgh.



Alternative names	Theodore Blake Wirman; Thomas Blake Wirgman
Description	British painter and engraver
Date of birth/death	29 April 1848	16 January 1925
Location of birth/death	Leuven	London
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