Francis Hamilton Buchanan ( 1762 - 1829 )

Birth: Branziet in the parish of Callander, Perthshire (15 February 1762) Death: 15 June 1829 Profession: Surgeon Research Field: Botany Education: MD (1783, Edinburgh) Career: Surgeon, Bengal Establishment, HEIC; made botanical excursions; asked to report on countries of Mysore, Canaria and Malabar (1800); work published (1807); accompanied Lord Wellesley on return voyage (1806); made statistical survey of Presidency of Bengal (took 7 years); Superintendent, Botanical Garden, Calcutta (1914); returned to England (1815) then settled on his mother's estate in Scotland Membership: Fellow Election Date: 1/05/1806.