James Franklin (naturalist)
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James Franklin was a British
soldier
. He was the brother of Sir John Franklin
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James Franklin entered the service of the British East India Company
as a cadet in 1805. He served with distinction on various Indian surveys and was elected a member of the Royal Society
. He was in the 1st Bengal Cavalry and was an authority on geology. He undertook surveys of the Central Provinces
(Vindhya Hills) and collected birds for the Asiatic Society. He collected about 40 species before reaching Benares, and on reaching Saugor he had collected 160 more specimens and made paintings of these. The specimens went later to the Zoological Society of London
but his paintings were stipulated to be returned to the Asiatic Society in Calcutta.
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soldier
Soldier
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. He was the brother of Sir John Franklin
John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...
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James Franklin entered the service of the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
as a cadet in 1805. He served with distinction on various Indian surveys and was elected a member of the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
. He was in the 1st Bengal Cavalry and was an authority on geology. He undertook surveys of the Central Provinces
Central Provinces
The Central Provinces was a province of British India. It comprised British conquests from the Mughals and Marathas in central India, and covered parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra states. Its capital was Nagpur....
(Vindhya Hills) and collected birds for the Asiatic Society. He collected about 40 species before reaching Benares, and on reaching Saugor he had collected 160 more specimens and made paintings of these. The specimens went later to the Zoological Society of London
Zoological Society of London
The Zoological Society of London is a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats...
but his paintings were stipulated to be returned to the Asiatic Society in Calcutta.