James Sykes Gamble
James Sykes Gamble FRS (1847–1925) was an English botanist who specialized in the flora of the Indian sub-continent.
He was born in London, the son of Harpur Gamble, M.D. and Isabella, and educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross, Magdalen College, Oxford, and the École Nationale des Eaux et Forêts, Nancy.
He sailed for India in 1871 to join the Imperial Forest Department,[1] and ultimately became Director of the Forest School at Dehra Dun.[2] In 1890, Gamble founded the Forest School Herbarium (renamed the Dehra Dun Herbarium in 1908), but is probably best remembered for his authorship of A Manual of Indian Timbers.
In 1899 Gamble was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, his candidature citation describing him as: 'Conservator of Forests, School Circle, NW Provinces, India, and Director of the Imperial Forest School, Dehra Dunn. Fellow of the University of Madras, and 'ex-officio' Fellow of the University of Allahabad. Author of a List of Trees, Shrubs, &c, of the Darjeeling District, Bengal (1st edit, 1877; 2nd edit, 1896); a Manual of Indian Timbers, published in 1881; a Monograph of the Bambuseae of British India, 1896. Also many papers on Forestry and on Botanical subjects in the 'Indian Forester,' which he has long edited'. [3]
Gamble retired to the UK in 1899 and married, in 1911, Gertrude Latter.
NB: Gamble is listed erroneously as J. H. Gamble in some treatises.
[edit] Publications
- Flora of the Presidency of Madras, (1921), London.
- A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution and Uses of the Trees and Shrubs of India and Ceylon with Description of Their Wood-Structure. (1902). Bishen Sigh Mahendra Pal Sigh, India. (Reprint: Dehradun, International, 2002, xxvi, 868 p., ISBN 81-7089-283-X).
- The Bambuseae of British India. Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta, (1896), 133 pp.
- List of the trees, shrubs and large climbers found in the Darjeeling District, Bengal, (1878), Bengal.
[edit] References
- ^ "GAMBLE, James Sykes". Who's Who, 59: p. 655. 1907. http://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA655.
- ^ "obit. Mr. J. S. Sykes, C.I.E., F.R.S.". Nature 116 (2923): 684–685. 07 November 1925. doi:10.1038/116684a0.
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=1&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27gamble%27%29. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.
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