Walter Elliot (Scottish Naturalist)
Sir Walter Elliot (16 January 1803–1 March 1887) was a Scottish civil servant in India who 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.
Read more about Walter Elliot (Scottish Naturalist): Early Life, India, Travel To England, Return To India, Research, Retirement in England, Family, Writings
Famous quotes containing the words walter and/or elliot:
“Our passions are most like to floods and streams,
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.”
—Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)
“The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let’s think about what’s the whole battle.”
—David Mamet, U.S. screenwriter, and Brian DePalma. Elliot Ness (Kevin Costner)