William Sneak
Sir William Schlich (born February 28, 1840 in Flonheim as Wilhelm Philipp Daniel Schlich , † September 28, 1925 in Oxford , England ) was a German-British forest scientist.
Life
Schlich attended high school in Darmstadt and studied at the Hessian Ludwig University . In 1860 he became a member of the Hassia Gießen Corps , and in 1866 he joined the Indian Forest Department . Schlich became Conservator in 1871 and General Inspector of Forestry in the British Indian Government in 1881 . In England he was one of the pioneers in forest science. In 1885 he became professor of forestry at the Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill, which moved to Oxford in 1905 . In the same year Schlich became professor for forest science there.
One of his grandsons was the composer and musicologist Humphrey Searle (1915–1982).
Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1901)
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (1909)
Publications (selection)
- A Manual of Forestry , 3 volumes, 1889–1895
- Forestry in the United Kingdom , 1904
Web links
- Literature by and about William Schlich in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 37/526.
- ^ K. Jan Oosthoek: Conquering the Highlands: A history of the afforestation of the Scottish uplands . Australian National University Press, Canberra 2013, ISBN 978-1-922144-79-9 .
- ↑ Quadrille with a raven. Memoirs By Humphrey Searle
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sneaked out, William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schlich, Wilhelm Philipp Daniel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-British forest scientist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1925 |
| Place of death | Oxford , England |