10 Facts About Francis Buchanan-Hamilton

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton did not assume the name of Hamilton until three years after his retirement from India.

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton Buchanan matriculated in 1774 and received an MA in 1779.

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton then served on Merchant Navy ships to Asia, and served in the Bengal Medical Service from 1794 to 1815.

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton then served on the Phoenix along the Coromandel Coast again under Captain Gray.

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was a superintendent of the Institution for Promoting the Natural History of India.

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton wrote An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal.

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was accompanied on this survey by Bharat Singh, an accomplished botanical collector.

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton collected and described many new plants in the region, and collected a series of watercolours of Indian and Nepalese plants and animals, probably painted by Indian artists, which are now in the library of the Linnean Society of London.

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May, 1806, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in January 1817.

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton succeeded William Roxburgh to become the superintendent of the Calcutta botanical garden in 1814, but had to return to Britain in 1815 due to his ill health.