Allan Octavian Hume
Politician
1829 – 1912
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Who was Allan Octavian Hume?
Allan Octavian Hume CB was a civil servant, political reformer and amateur ornithologist and horticulturalist in British India. He was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, a political party that was later to lead the Indian independence movement. A notable ornithologist, Hume has been called "the Father of Indian Ornithology" and, by those who found him dogmatic, "the Pope of Indian ornithology."
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- Born
- Jun 6, 1829
Montrose - Nationality
- Scotland
- India
- Education
- East India Company College
- Lived in
- Etawah
- St Mary Cray
- Died
- Jul 31, 1912
London
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on July 23, 2013
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