Thomas Hardwicke ( ? 1755 - 1835 )

Birth: 1755 or 1756 Death: The Lodge, South Lambeth, London (03 March or 03 May 1835) Research Field: Natural history Career: In the service of the HEIC; country cadet (1778); Lieutenant (February, 1784); Captain (August 1784); Major (July, 1804); Lieutenant Colonel (September, 1804); Colonel (1817); Major General (1819); served in the 2nd and 3rd Mysore Wars; retired to Bangalore and was appointed Adjutant and Commander of Artillery (1793); visited Mauritius and collected many specimens (1813) which were presented, through Sir Joseph Banks, to the British Museum; made extensive zoological collections in India; published, with the help of John Edward Gray (FRS 1832) "Illustrations of Indian Zoology" (1830-1835) Memberships: FLS (1804); Asiatic Society Membership: Fellow Election Date: 8/04/1813.