The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/King, Sir George
King, Sir George, M.B., L.L.D.,F.R.S., K.C.I.E., (1898), C.I.E. (1890), I.M.S. (retired); joined service, 1865; House Surgeon, Medical College Hospital, Calcutta, 1866; Superintendent, Royal Botanical Gardens, Professor of Botany, Medical College, Calcutta, and Superintendent, Cinchona plantations in Sikkim, 1871: was quinologist. 1879; retired, 1898. Publications: ‘Manual of Cinchona cultivation in India’, editor of ‘Annals of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Calcutta’. Address: c/o of India Office, London.