Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cleghorn, Hugh Francis Clarke

by Charles Edward Buckland

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CLEGHORN, HUGH FRANCIS CLARKE (1820–1895)

Born 1820 : his father was Administrator-General in the Supreme Court, Madras : educated at Edinburgh and St. Andrew's : went to Madras in the medical service, 1842 : Professor of Botany in the Madras University, 1852 : entrusted by the Governor of Madras, Lord Harris, to form a Government Forest Department : became Inspr-General of Forests and established an excellent system of conservancy and management : retired, 1869 : for many years he selected the candidates for the Indian Forest Service : died May 16, 1895 : LL.D. : F.R.S.E.