| LC control no. | n 82009831 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hume, Allan Octavian, 1829-1912 |
| Variant(s) | Hume, A. O. (Allan Octavian), 1829-1912 Hume, Allan, 1829-1912 |
| Associated country | Great Britain India |
| Address | 4, Kingswood Road, Upper Norwood London England |
| Birth date | 1829-06-06 |
| Death date | 1912-07-31 |
| Place of birth | St. Mary Cray (London, England) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Civil service Ornithology |
| Affiliation | Indian National Congress |
| Profession or occupation | Civil servant Ornithologists |
| Found in | Allan Octavian Hume, C.B., "Father of the Indian National Congress," 1829 to 1912, 1913 My scrap book: or rough notes on Indian oology and ornithology, 1869-1870: t.p. (Allan Hume) Wikipedia, viewed 1 Aug. 2016 (Allan Octavian Hume CB (6 June 1829 - 31 July 1912) was a civil servant, political reformer, ornithologist and botanist who worked in British India. He was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, a political party that was later to lead in the Indian independence movement. A notable ornithologist, Hume has been called "the Father of Indian Ornithology". Hume was born at St Mary Cray, Kent. He left India in 1894 and settled at The Chalet, 4, Kingswood Road, Upper Norwood in London. He died at the age of eighty-three on 31 July 1912. ) |
| Associated language | eng |
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