James Sykes Gamble

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James Sykes Gamble (1847 - 1925) was an English botanist who specialized in the flora of the Indian sub-continent. The son of Harpur Gamble, M.D., he was educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross, Magadalen College Oxford and the Ecole Nationale des Eaux et Forets, Nancy. He sailed for India in 1871 to join the Indian Forest Department, and ultimately became Director of the Forest School at Dehra Dun. In 1890, Gamble founded the Forest School Herbarium (renamed the Dehra Dun Herbarium in 1908), but is probably best remembered for his authorship of A Manual of Indian Timbers. He married, in 1911, Gertrude Latter.

NB: Gamble is listed erroneously as J. H. Gamble in some treatises.

[edit] Publications

  • Flora of the Presidency of Madras, (1921), London.
  • A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution and Uses of the Trees and Shrubs of India and Ceylon with Description of Their Wood-Structure. (1902). Bishen Sigh Mahendra Pal Sigh, India. (Reprint: Dehradun, International, 2002, xxvi, 868 p., ISBN 81-7089-283-X).
  • The Bambusae of British India. Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta.


The standard author abbreviation Gamble is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
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