Dictionary of Indian Biography/Beddome, Richard Henry
BEDDOME, RICHARD HENRY (1830–)
Born May 11, 1830: son of R. B. Beddome: educated at Charterhouse: joined the Madras Army: was Quarter-master and Interpreter of his regiment, 42nd Infantry, 1856: Assistant Conservator of Forests, Madras, 1857: Head of the Madras Forest Department, 1860 to 1882, when he retired as Colonel: Fellow of the Madras University, 1880: author of The Flora Sylvatica of the Madras Presidency, (400 trees). The Ferns of Southern India, (345 plates). Hand-book to the Ferns of India, besides pamphlets on new reptiles and land shells discovered by him in India.