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Code	DS/UK/244
Name	Birdwood; George Christopher Molesworth (1832-1917); administrator in India
Dates and Places	b. 8 Dec 1832, Belgaum, d. 28 Jun 1917, Ealing.
Surname	Birdwood
Forenames	George Christopher Molesworth
History	Birdwood took part in the Persian expedition of 1856-1857 as a naval surgeon, and then worked with social and cultural institutions in Bombay: he was chair of anatomy and physiology, and then of botany and materia medica at Grant Medical College, registrar to the University of Bombay, curator of the government museum, secretary to the Bombay branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, a founder of the Victoria Botanical Gardens and a member of the municipality. Elected sheriff of Bombay in 1864. He returned to England in 1868. Birdwood was in charge of the Indian exhibits at the Paris Exhibition of 1867, and in 1871 the India Office put him in charge of the Indian collections in a series of special exhibitions held at South Kensington. In 1875 he was made Keeper of the Indian Museum and assistant reporter on the products of India. In 1879 Birdwood was appointed special assistant in the revenue and statistical department of the India Office. Birdwood retired from the India Office in 1905. Birdwood was knighted in 1881 and made KCIE in 1887.
Rules	International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Source	ODNB: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/31896
Source	VIAF: 5292866

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MCR/1/1/38	Imperial Institute: Reports	4 Jun 1891-27 Dec 1902

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