Walter Elliot (naturalist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Elliot (naturalist)

naturalist

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1803

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Mar-1887

Profession: naturalist, botanist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sir Walter Elliot, KCSI (16 January 1803 – 1 March 1887) was a Scottish civil servant in India.
He was also an eminent orientalist, linguist, naturalist and ethnologist who worked mainly in the Presidency of Madras.
Born in Edinburgh, he studied at the East India College in Haileybury and joined the Indian Civil Service at Madras in 1820 and worked on till 1860.
He was invested Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) in 1866.