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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Russell_(herpetologist) Patrick Russell] 1726-1805 (Wikipedia) came to India in 1781. He had previously worked as a physician for the British [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant_Company Levant Company] (Wikipedia) at its chief factory (trading post) at Aleppo (Syria) 1750-1771. In 1785 was appointed as the East India Company's 'Botanist and Naturalist' at Madras, following Koenig's death. He retired in 1789 and returned to England. Russell's viper the venomous snake, whose toxicity is second only to the cobra, is named after him. *[httphttps://books.google.com.au/books?id=h6xSzhlmNdoC-OgRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA331 Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens PP15 "Memoir of the Life and the Origins Writings of EnvironmentalismPatrick Russell, MD, 1600-1860FRS"] by Richard H Grove page 331 ''The European Magazine, and London Review, including the footnote gives more details including that he was initially an assistant surgeonVolume 59'' for January 1811. Google Books*[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2006/01/23/stories/2006012300070500.htm “The first snakeman of India”] by S. Muthiah January 23, 2006 ''The Hindu ''. *[http://wwwbritishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2013/09/plague-snakes-and-fishes.html "Plague, Snakes and Fishes"] 06 September 2013 British Library Untold lives blog.cmj*[http://dx.slmadoi.lkorg/cmj460210.4038/39cmj.v46i2.htm 6488 “Russell of Russell's viper fame”] by R L Jayakody ''The Ceylon Medical Journal Volume 46, No 2, 2001 June'' *[http://www.academia.edu/3026197/Rahul_Bhaumik_The_Natural_History_of_Indian_Serpents_Dr._Patrick_Russell_Colonial_Medicine_and_the_British_Empire_History_Studies_International_Journal_of_History_ "The Natural History of Indian Serpents: Dr. Patrick Russell, Colonial Medicine and the British Empire"] by Rahul Bhaumik ''History Studies International Journal of History'' Volume 4 Issue 4, p. 35-63, November 2012 academia.edu*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=h6xSzhlmNdoC&pg=PA331 Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism, 1600-1860] by Richard H Grove page 331, including the footnote gives more details including that he was initially an assistant surgeon. Google Books*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/369/mode/1up/search/Russell Patrick Russell] from ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' by Charles Edward Buckland Archive.org.