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| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] | | honorific_suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] | ||
| birth_date = 17 August 1891 | | birth_date = 17 August 1891 | ||
| death_date = 20 June 1979 | | death_date = 20 June 1979 | ||
| field = [[Botany]] | | field = [[Botany]] | ||
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'''Sir Harry George Champion''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] (17 August 1891 – 20 June 1979) was a [[ | '''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. | ||
==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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Sir Harry George Champion 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.
Early life[edit | edit source]
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.[1]
Career[edit | edit source]
He joined the Indian Forest Service in 1915 and became a 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.[1]
Forest classification[edit | edit source]
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.[2] His younger brother F. W. Champion was also a forester in India and a pioneer in wildlife photography.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jones, EW (1979). "Obituary: Sir Harry Champion". Forestry. 52 (2): 109–112. doi:10.1093/forestry/52.2.109.
- ↑ Champion, Harry G.; Seth, S. K. (1968). A revised survey of the forest types of India. New Delhi: Manager of Publications, Government of India.