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James Sykes Gamble (1847 - 1925) was an English botanist who specialized in the flora of the Indian sub-continent.

The son of Harpur Gamble, M.D., he was educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross, Magdalen College, Oxford, and the École nationale des eaux et forêts, Nancy. He sailed for India in 1871 to join the Imperial Forest Department,^[1] and ultimately became Director of the Forest School at Dehra Dun.^[2] In 1890, Gamble founded the Forest School Herbarium (renamed the Dehra Dun Herbarium in 1908), but is probably best remembered for his authorship of A Manual of Indian Timbers. He married, in 1911, Gertrude Latter.

The standard author abbreviation Gamble is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[3]

NB: Gamble is listed erroneously as J. H. Gamble in some treatises.

Publications

Flora of the Presidency of Madras, (1921), London.
A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution and Uses of the Trees and Shrubs of India and Ceylon with Description of Their Wood-Structure. (1902). Bishen Sigh Mahendra Pal Sigh, India. (Reprint: Dehradun, International, 2002, xxvi, 868 p., ISBN 81-7089-283-X).
The Bambusae of British India. Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta, (1896), 133 pp.
List of the trees, shrubs and large climbers found in the Darjeeling District, (1878), Bengal.

References

^ "GAMBLE, James Sykes". Who's Who,. vol. 59: p. 655. 1907. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
^ "obit. Mr. J. S. Sykes, C.I.E., F.R.S.". Nature. 116: 684–685. 1925. doi:10.1038/116684a0. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
^ International Plant Names Index. Gamble.

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[1] "GAMBLE, James Sykes". Who's Who,. vol. 59: p. 655. 1907. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)

[2] "obit. Mr. J. S. Sykes, C.I.E., F.R.S.". Nature. 116: 684–685. 1925. doi:10.1038/116684a0. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[3] International Plant Names Index. Gamble.

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 '''James Sykes Gamble''' (1847 - 1925) was an English [[botany|botanist]] who specialized in the flora of the Indian sub-continent.
-The son of Harpur Gamble, M.D., he was educated at the [[Royal Naval School]], [[New Cross]], [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], and the [[École nationale des eaux et forêts]], [[Nancy]]. He sailed for [[India]] in 1871 to join the [[Imperial Forest Department]],<ref>{{cite journal|title='''GAMBLE, James Sykes'''|journal=Who's Who,|year=1907|volume=vol. 59|pages=p. 655|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA655}}</ref> and ultimately became Director of the Forest School at [[Dehra Dun]]. In 1890, Gamble founded the Forest School Herbarium (renamed the Dehra Dun Herbarium in 1908), but is probably best remembered for his authorship of ''A Manual of Indian Timbers''. He married, in 1911, Gertrude Latter.
+The son of Harpur Gamble, M.D., he was educated at the [[Royal Naval School]], [[New Cross]], [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], and the [[École nationale des eaux et forêts]], [[Nancy]]. He sailed for [[India]] in 1871 to join the [[Imperial Forest Department]],<ref>{{cite journal|title='''GAMBLE, James Sykes'''|journal=Who's Who,|year=1907|volume=vol. 59|pages=p. 655|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA655}}</ref> and ultimately became Director of the Forest School at [[Dehra Dun]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=obit. Mr. J. S. Sykes, C.I.E., F.R.S.|journal=Nature|volume=116|year=1925|month=07 November|pages=684-685|doi=10.1038/116684a0}}</ref> In 1890, Gamble founded the Forest School Herbarium (renamed the Dehra Dun Herbarium in 1908), but is probably best remembered for his authorship of ''A Manual of Indian Timbers''. He married, in 1911, Gertrude Latter.
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 *''Flora of the Presidency of Madras'', (1921), London.
 *''A Manual of Indian Timbers'': An Account of the Growth, Distribution and Uses of the Trees and Shrubs of India and Ceylon with Description of Their Wood-Structure. (1902). Bishen Sigh Mahendra Pal Sigh, India. (Reprint: Dehradun, International, 2002, xxvi, 868 p., ISBN 81-7089-283-X).
-*The Bambusae of British India. ''Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta''.
+*''The Bambusae of British India''. Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta, (1896), 133 pp.
+*''List of the trees, shrubs and large climbers found in the Darjeeling District'', (1878), Bengal.
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