what was his connection with calcutta?
He was the superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Garden and professor of botany in the Medical College, Calcutta.
Hugh Falconer
In 1847 Falconer became superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Garden and professor of botany in the Medical College, Calcutta, near his older brother, Alexander Falconer, a Calcutta merchant.
where could you find columbian mammoth? North America to Costa Rica who described it? Naturalist Hugh Falconer have they been extinct? Yes, it became extinct during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene. the naturalist you mentioned, has he discovered or described anything else? He was the first to discover the Siwalik fossil beds and possibly the first person to discover a fossil ape.
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Hugh Falconer [SEP] Calcutta
In 1847 Falconer became superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Garden and professor of botany in the Medical College, Calcutta, near his older brother, Alexander Falconer, a Calcutta merchant. Hugh Falconer served as an advisor to the Indian government and the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Bengal, the "de facto" colonial "Department of Agriculture". He prepared an important report on the teak forests of Tenasserim, and this saved them from destruction by reckless felling. Through his recommendation, the cultivation of the cinchona in the Indian empire was introduced for the medicinal use of its bark in the treatment of malaria.