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====Edward Bulkley====
Dr Edward Bulkley was a Principal Surgeon 1692-1709 when he transferred to the Civil Service as Member of Council. He resigned in 1713 and died August 1714 at Madras according to this [http://www.archive.org/stream/fortstgeorgemad02penngoog#page/n257/mode/1up cemetery record]. He is mentioned in the "Third Book of Samuel Brown" (see above) and also on this [http://www.linnean.org/index.php?id=422 page] from the Linnean Society of London website, collecting plants in Bengal and Burma 1702-8, (where the spelling Bulkeley is used). He is probably the Mr Buckly, Chief Surgeon at Fort St George who sent a collection of Chinese medical instruments to the Royal Society, mentioned in this [http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/20/236-247/390.full.pdf+html article] ''Phil. Trans. 1 January 1698 vol. 20 no. 236-247'' 390-392. The autopsy mentioned above is the first recorded medico-legal autopsy performed in India.
====Francis Buchanan–Hamilton====
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Buchanan-Hamilton Francis Buchanan–Hamilton] 1762-1829. (Wilipedia) He was in the Bengal Medical Service from 1794 to 1815 He succeeded William Roxburgh to become the Superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Garden in 1814, but had to return to Britain in 1815 due to ill health
====Francis Day====
