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'''Montague Dundas Cockburn''' (/ˈkoʊbərn/) (31 January 1789<ref>''Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950''</ref> – 28 September 1869) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[coffee]] [[Plantation|planter]], and [[district collector]] of [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]], in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]], between 1820 and 1829. Cockburn is known as the "Father of Yercaud" for developing the resources of the [[Shevaroy Hills]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000917/spectrum/travel.htm |title=Yercaud: The new hill station |author=Tejwant Singh |date=September 17, 2000 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref> and for introducing the cultivation of coffee, pears and apples into most of the [[hill station]]s of Tamil Nadu, particularly in [[Yercaud]], a small hill station in [[Salem District]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillstationsinindia.com/south-india-hill-stations/kotaqiri.html |title=Kotagiri |accessdate=2008-04-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312115705/http://www.hillstationsinindia.com/south-india-hill-stations/kotaqiri.html |archivedate=2008-03-12 }}</ref>
'''Montague Dundas Cockburn''' (/ˈkoʊbərn/) (31 January 1789<ref>''Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950''</ref> – 28 September 1869) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[coffee]] [[Plantation|planter]], and [[district collector]] of [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]], in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]], between 1820 and 1829. Cockburn is known as the "Father of Yercaud" for developing the resources of the [[Shevaroy Hills]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000917/spectrum/travel.htm |title=Yercaud: The new hill station |author=Tejwant Singh |date=September 17, 2000 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref> and for introducing the cultivation of coffee, pears and apples into most of the [[hill station]]s of Tamil Nadu, particularly in [[Yercaud]], a small hill station in [[Salem District]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hillstationsinindia.com/south-india-hill-stations/kotaqiri.html |title=Kotagiri |accessdate=2008-04-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312115705/http://www.hillstationsinindia.com/south-india-hill-stations/kotaqiri.html |archivedate=2008-03-12 }}</ref>