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	\| death_date = 20 June 1979		\| death_date = 20 June 1979
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	'''Sir Harry George Champion''' [[Order of the Indian Empire\|CIE]] (17 August 1891 – 20 June 1979) was a [[~~Geographer~~]] and forest officer in British India who created a classification of the forest types of India and Burma.		'''Sir Harry George Champion''' [[Order of the Indian Empire\|CIE]] (17 August 1891 – 20 June 1979) was a [[geographer]] and forest officer in British India who created a classification of the forest types of India and Burma.

	Champion was the son of British [[entomologist]] [[George Charles Champion]]. He studied at [[New College, Oxford]], and obtained a degree in chemistry in 1912 and then studied botany and forestry under [[William Schlich]]. He joined the [[Indian Forest Service]] in 1915 and became a [[silviculture\|silviculturist]] at the Forest Research Institute at [[Dehradun]] staying there until 1936 before becoming a Conservator in the United Provinces. He left India in 1939 and became a Professor of Forestry at Oxford, succeeding [[Robert Scott Troup]]. Troup had offered him a position at the [[Imperial Forestry Institute]] in 1924 but Champion chose not to join it. He married Troup's secretary Crystal Parsons.<ref name=~~obit>{{cite journal\|author~~=~~Jones, EW\|title~~=~~Obituary: Sir Harry Champion\|journal~~=~~Forestry \|pages=109–112\|volume=52\|issue=2 \|year=1979\|doi=10.1093/forestry/52.2.109}}</ref>~~		==Early life==

	Champion published an initial classification of the forest types of India and Burma in 1936. This was revised in 1968 by S K. Seth and this is referred to as the Champion and Seth classification of the forest types of India.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=A revised survey of the forest types of India\|last=Champion\|first=Harry G.\|last2=Seth\|first2=S. K.\|publisher=Manager of Publications, Government of India\|year=1968\|location=New Delhi\|url=https://archive.org/details/revisedsurveyoff0000sirh}}</ref> His younger brother [[F. W. Champion]] was also a forester in India and a pioneer in wildlife photography.		Champion was the son of British [[entomologist]] [[George Charles Champion]]. He studied at [[New College, Oxford]], and obtained a degree in chemistry in 1912 and then studied botany and forestry under [[William Schlich]].<ref name=obit/>

			==Career==

			He joined the [[Indian Forest Service]] in 1915 and became a [[silviculture\|silviculturist]] at the Forest Research Institute at [[Dehradun]] staying there until 1936 before becoming a Conservator in the United Provinces. He left India in 1939 and became a Professor of Forestry at Oxford, succeeding [[Robert Scott Troup]]. Troup had offered him a position at the [[Imperial Forestry Institute]] in 1924 but Champion chose not to join it. He married Troup's secretary Crystal Parsons.<ref name=obit>{{cite journal\|author=Jones, EW\|title=Obituary: Sir Harry Champion\|journal=Forestry \|pages=109–112\|volume=52\|issue=2 \|year=1979\|doi=10.1093/forestry/52.2.109}}</ref>

			==Forest classification ==
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			Champion published an initial classification of the forest types of India and Burma in 1936. This was revised in 1968 by S K. Seth and this is referred to as the '''Champion and Seth classification of the forest types of India'''.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=A revised survey of the forest types of India\|last=Champion\|first=Harry G.\|last2=Seth\|first2=S. K.\|publisher=Manager of Publications, Government of India\|year=1968\|location=New Delhi\|url=https://archive.org/details/revisedsurveyoff0000sirh}}</ref> His younger brother [[F. W. Champion]] was also a forester in India and a pioneer in wildlife photography.

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{{Short description|British botanist (1891–1979)}}
{{About|the forester|the entertainer|Harry Champion}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Harry George Champion
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]]
| birth_date = 17 August 1891
| nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]]
| death_date = 20 June 1979
| field = [[Botany]]
}}
'''Sir Harry George Champion''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] (17 August 1891 – 20 June 1979) was a [[Geographer]] and forest officer in British India who created a classification of the forest types of India and Burma.

Champion was the son of British [[entomologist]] [[George Charles Champion]]. He studied at [[New College, Oxford]], and obtained a degree in chemistry in 1912 and then studied botany and forestry under [[William Schlich]]. He joined the [[Indian Forest Service]] in 1915 and became a [[silviculture|silviculturist]] at the Forest Research Institute at [[Dehradun]] staying there until 1936 before becoming a Conservator in the United Provinces. He left India in 1939 and became a Professor of Forestry at Oxford, succeeding [[Robert Scott Troup]]. Troup had offered him a position at the [[Imperial Forestry Institute]] in 1924 but Champion chose not to join it. He married Troup's secretary Crystal Parsons.<ref name=obit>{{cite journal|author=Jones, EW|title=Obituary: Sir Harry Champion|journal=Forestry |pages=109–112|volume=52|issue=2 |year=1979|doi=10.1093/forestry/52.2.109}}</ref>

Champion published an initial classification of the forest types of India and Burma in 1936. This was revised in 1968 by S K. Seth and this is referred to as the Champion and Seth classification of the forest types of India.<ref>{{Cite book|title=A revised survey of the forest types of India|last=Champion|first=Harry G.|last2=Seth|first2=S. K.|publisher=Manager of Publications, Government of India|year=1968|location=New Delhi|url=https://archive.org/details/revisedsurveyoff0000sirh}}</ref> His younger brother [[F. W. Champion]] was also a forester in India and a pioneer in wildlife photography.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Harry George Champion |sopt=t}}

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