Charles Henry Tilson Marshall
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Charles Henry Tilson Marshall (1841 - 20 January 1927) was a British Army Officer, serving in the Punjab, India
. In his spare time he collected birds in the Punjab and the Himalayas, and sent these to Allan Octavian Hume
. He was the brother of George Frederick Leycester Marshall
, with whom he published ornithological articles in The Ibis. He wrote The Game Birds of India, Burmah and Ceylon along with Allan Octavian Hume
in three volumes between 1878 and 1880.
He was the father of entomologist Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall
.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. In his spare time he collected birds in the Punjab and the Himalayas, and sent these to Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume was a civil servant, political reformer and amateur ornithologist in British India. He was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, a political party that was later to lead the Indian independence movement...
. He was the brother of George Frederick Leycester Marshall
George Frederick Leycester Marshall
George Frederick Leycester Marshall was a Colonel in the Indian Army and brother of C. H. T. Marshall and uncle of Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall. He was a naturalist interested in the birds and butterflies of India...
, with whom he published ornithological articles in The Ibis. He wrote The Game Birds of India, Burmah and Ceylon along with Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume was a civil servant, political reformer and amateur ornithologist in British India. He was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, a political party that was later to lead the Indian independence movement...
in three volumes between 1878 and 1880.
He was the father of entomologist Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall
Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall
Sir Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall , was an Indian-born British entomologist and authority on Curculionidae....
.