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John Robertson Henderson

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Died
  
26 October 1925

Books
  
The Coins of Haidar Alī and Tī, A Contribution to Indian, The Coins of Naidar Ali and Ti, Structure and Metamor

Prof John Robertson Henderson CIE FRSE FZS FLS (1863-1925) was a Scottish zoologist and antiquary. From 1886 until 1911 he was Professor of Zoology at Madras Christian College in India. From 1911 to 1919 he was superintendent of the Government Museum in Madras.

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Life

He was born on 21 May 1863 in Melrose the son of Edward Henderson. He was educated at both Dulwich College and Dollar Academy. He then studied medicine at Edinburgh University graduating MB ChB.

In 1918 he was created a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE). In 1923 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Arthur Crichton Mitchell, James Hartley Ashworth, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson and James Ritchie.

He died in Edinburgh on 26 October 1925. He is buried in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.

Publications

  • The Coins of Haidir Ali and Tipu Sultan (1921)
  • Family

    In 1921, aged 58, he married Elizabeth (Lizzie) Adie (1882-1936), 19 years his junior. They had no children.

    References

    John Robertson Henderson Wikipedia