Frederick Conyers Cotton

Major General Frederick Conyers Cotton CSI (30 July 1807 – 12 October 1901) was a British army officer who was posted in the Madras Presidency. He was among the first to introduce forestry practices into southern India. He collected wild plants in southern India and the genus Cottonia was named after him.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.