Person Brandis; Sir; Dietrich (1824 - 1907) Brandis Dietrich Sir 1824 - 1907 Male Bonn, Germany 31 March 1824 Bonn, Germany 29/05/1907 19070529 Burial: Bonn, Germany

Calcutta, India (1875); Bonn, Germany (1883); Kew, Surrey (1901-1906)

Botany Education: Bonn; Athens; Copenhagen. PhD (1848, Bonn) Career: In charge of teak forests of Burma and saved them from destruction (1856-1862); Inspector General of Forests to the Government of India (1864); retired (1883) Honours: CIE 1878; KCIE 1887 Memberships: FLS Eldest son of Christian August Brandis, Professor of Philosophy, and his wife Caroline Hausmann. Married: 1) (1854) Rachel daughter of Rev Joshua Marshman (she died 1863); 2) (1867) Katharine, daughter of Dr Rudolph Hasse of Bonn Fellow 03/06/1875 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc Series B 1908 vol 80 pp iii-vi signed by W S References: R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 31 Mar 1824 - 29 May 1907 NA5501 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/62339907 071a712a-8442-414d-bca3-ff7ef93917a7