The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Schlich, Sir William
Schlich, Sir William, K.C.I.E. (1909) C.I.E., (1890); Ph.D., 1867; F.R.S., 1901; M.A., Oxon, 1905; Professor of Forestry, University of Oxford since 1905; b. 1840; s. of late Kirchenrath Schlich, Hesse-Darmstadt; educ: Darmstadt, University of Giessen. Appointed to the Indian Forest Department, 1866; Conservator of Forests, Bengal, 1872; Inspector-General of Forests to the Government of India, 1881; Organised the first school of Forestry in England at Cooper’s Hill, 1885; transferred to Oxford University, 1905; Reader, 1911. Publications: a Manual of Forestry in five volumes; The Outlook of the World’s Timber Supply; Afforestation in Great Britain and Ireland; Forestry in the United Kingdom; married twice. Address: 29, Banbury Road, Oxford.