Sir Sidney Burrard

Abstract

PROF. J. L. SIMONSEN writes : “In his brief obituary notice in NATUEE of April 10, p. 414, of the late Sir Sidney Burrard, Sir Gerald Lenox-Conyngham omitted to mention one very important contribution to the advancement of science in India which we owe to Sir Sidney. When the formation of the Indian Science Congress, now the Indian Science Congress Association, was under consideration in the years 1911-12, it is very doubtful if any progress would have been made had it not been for the enthusiastic support which the proposal received from Sir Sidney Burrard and Sir Henry Hayden. It was due mainly to their representations that this body was from the outset recognized by the Government of India and by the local governments. Sir Sidney was president of the Congress at Lucknow in 1916 and during the remaining period of his service in India he always followed its meetings with the greatest interest”.