Edin. xii_ 19–28 (1876).
JAMESON, WILLIAM. _b._ Leith 1815; ed. at high sch. and univ.
of Edin.; of H.E.I.C. medical service 30 Aug. 1838; curator
of museum of Asiatic Society of Bengal 1838; taken prisoner
while examining the course of the Indus and imprisoned in Kohat
fort 1841; superintendent of the Saharunpore botanical garden
1842 to 31 Dec. 1875; procured tea plants and distributed
them in various parts of India 1843 etc., the development of
tea-planting in India was entirely due to him, tea has now
become a staple commodity on the lower Himalaya; surgeon major
10 April 1852, retired as deputy surgeon general 31 Dec. 1875;
C.I.E. 1 Jany. 1878. _d._ Deyrah Doon a tea garden 18 March