Modern English biography

Edin. xii_ 19–28 (1876). JAMESON, WILLIAM. _b._ Leith 1815; ed. at high sch. and univ. of Edin.; of H.E.I.C. medical service 30 Aug. 1838; curator of museum of Asiatic Society of Bengal 1838; taken prisoner while examining the course of the Indus and imprisoned in Kohat fort 1841; superintendent of the Saharunpore botanical garden 1842 to 31 Dec. 1875; procured tea plants and distributed them in various parts of India 1843 etc., the development of tea-planting in India was entirely due to him, tea has now become a staple commodity on the lower Himalaya; surgeon major 10 April 1852, retired as deputy surgeon general 31 Dec. 1875; C.I.E. 1 Jany. 1878. _d._ Deyrah Doon a tea garden 18 March