Charles Henry Tilson Marshall (1841 – 20 January 1927
[Anon, (1927) Obituary. Nature 119:397-397 ]) was a British Army Officer, serving in the Punjab,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. In his spare time he collected birds in the Punjab and the Himalayas, and sent these to
Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume, CB ICS (4 June 1829 – 31 July 1912) was a British civil servant, political reformer, ornithologist and botanist who worked in British India. He was the founder of the Indian National Congress. A notable ornithologist, Hum ...
. He was the brother of
George Frederick Leycester Marshall, with whom he published ornithological articles in
The Ibis
''Ibis'' (formerly ''The Ibis''), subtitled ''the International Journal of Avian Science'', is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the British Ornithologists' Union. It was established in 1859. Topics covered include ecology, conservation, be ...
. He wrote ''The Game Birds of India, Burmah and Ceylon'' along with
Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume, CB ICS (4 June 1829 – 31 July 1912) was a British civil servant, political reformer, ornithologist and botanist who worked in British India. He was the founder of the Indian National Congress. A notable ornithologist, Hum ...
in three volumes between 1878 and 1880.
[ (3-volumes, 1879-1881)]
He was the father of entomologist
Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall
Sir Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall FRS (20 December 1871 in Amritsar, Punjab – 8 April 1959 in London), was an Indian-born British entomologist. He was an expert on African and oriental weevils.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael ( ...
.
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1841 births
1927 deaths
British ornithologists
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