The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Beddome, Col. Richard Henry
Beddome, Col. Richard Henry Indian Staff Corps (Retired); Born, 1830: son of R. B. Beddome educated at Charterhouse: joined Madras Army, 1848: Quartermaster and Interpreter of 24th Infantry, 1857: Assistant Conservator of Forests, Madras, 1857: Head of the Madras Forest Department, 1860 to 1832, when he retired as Colonel: Fellow, Madras University, 1880. Publications: The Flora Sylvatica of the Madras Presidency, (400 trees), The Ferns of Southern India, (345 plates), The Ferns of British India (661 ferns). Hand-book of the ferns of India, besides pamphlets on new reptiles and land shells discovered by him in India. Address: Sispara, West Hill, Putney.