C. Livingstone

Who is C. Livingstone?

Chrispus Livingstone, often referred as Livi, is an Indian research scientist, botanist, educator and multifaceted person. He served as the chancellor of Madras Christian College in the year. He was instrumental in upgrading the department of Botany to one of the top three in India. During his stint the department witnessed significant innovative changes in the curriculum with the introduction of new papers and special projects at various levels besides high quality research projects carried out by the senior professors and their research scholars leading to several accomplishments. He was also instrumrntal in setting up India's first artificial horticulture farm. Among his varied interests is the taxonomy of tropical plants, especially flora of Chennai, then Madras. He is perhaps best known for his book The flowering plants of Madras City and its immediate neighbourhood.