Cecil Ernest Claude Fischer

Cecil Ernest Claude Fischer (9 July 1874 – 19 October 1950) was a botanist born in Bombay to European parents.[1] He worked principally in the Indian Forest Service.

Cecil Ernest Claude Fischer
Black and white photograph of Fischer
Born(1874-07-09)9 July 1874
Bombay, India
Died19 October 1950(1950-10-19) (aged 76)
Alma materRoyal Indian Engineering College
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)C.E.C.Fisch.

Life

Fischer was born in Bombay, India on 9 July 1874. Prior to university training, he was educated in Switzerland and England. From 1892 to 1895 he attended the Royal Indian Engineering College (also called Cooper's Hill College) where he studied forestry. His first professional posting in 1895 was in the Indian Forest Service in the Madras Presidency, a province of British India. In 1907 he served as a entomologist in Dehradun. From 1915 to 1917 he helped administrate the Madras Forest College (now called the Tamil Nadu Forest Department). From 1919-1920 he taught silviculture at the University of Oxford.[2] From 1920 to 1923 he served as a conservator of forests in Madras. He retired from the Indian Forest Service in 1926. From 1925 to 1940 he served as an assistant for India at the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[3]

Legacy

He is the authority for at least 277 taxa including: IPNI. List of plant names with authority C.E.C.Fisch..

The Fischer Herbarium at the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu is named in honor of Fischer.[5][6]

References
  1. Jef Houttekiet (n.d.). "The Pioneers of Orchids". Cambodian Orchid Conservation Project. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. "University of Oxford Annual Report of the Imperial Forestry Institute". University of Oxford. University of Oxford. 9 December 1925. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. Marshall, H. S. (1951). "Mr. C. E. C. Fischer". Nature. 167 (4236): 16–16. doi:10.1038/167016a0. ISSN 0028-0836.
  4. International Plant Names Index.   C.E.C.Fisch.
  5. Jeshi, K. (11 December 2013). "Forest Essentials". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. Subramanian, K.N. (1981). "A Note on the Forest Research Centre Herbarium, Coimbatore". The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India. 23 (3&4): 211–212. Retrieved 17 May 2020.


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