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Imperial Bacteriologist
Imperial Bacteriologist and Imperial Agricultural Bacteriologist were designations in the British Indian government. The positions involved work related to aspects of applied bacteriology. The position in agriculture, first occupied by C.J. Bergtheil, involved problems relating to fermentation and chemistry in the production of indigo. On the veterinary side, Imperial bacteriologists worked on veterinary health with the stated terms of reference being ''to investigate disease of domesticated animals in all provinces in India and to ascertain, as far as possible, by biological research both in the laboratory and, when necessary, at the place of the outbreak, the means for preventing and curing such disease''. The position was held by: ;Veterinary * 1890-1907 - Alfred Lingard (1849-1938), worked on vaccines, particularly rinderpest, initially at Pune and then at the Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory in Mukteswar * 1907-1915 - Lt. Col. J.D.E. Holmes (1867-1915) * 1916-1920 - Alfr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Lingard
Alfred Lingard (1849 – 18 February 1938) was a British medical pathologist who worked on veterinary diseases in India, serving as an Imperial Bacteriologist from 1890 to 1907. He was the founding director of the Imperial Bacteriological Laboratory in Mukteshwar, Mukteswar (which later became part of the Indian Veterinary Research Institute) to produce anthrax and rinderpest vaccines. Life and work Lingard received a medical degree in 1873, an Licence of the Society of Apothecaries, LSA in 1874. He worked in the Royal Army Medical Corps and as a house physician at St Thomas' Hospital, St. Thomas' Hospital before traveling across Europe. Lingard studied bacteriology in Germany and had worked as a lecturer at the Birkbeck, University of London, Birkbeck Institution. He was appointed as Imperial Bacteriologist from 1890 to 1907. The post was created following several earlier studies. A report commissioned by Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Lord Mayo in 1871 had identified that " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
