Harry George Champion (1891 - 1979)

Born 17 Aug 1891 in 11 Caldervale Road, Clapham, London, Surrey, England

Ancestors

Husband of Chrystal Tempé Parsons — married 8 Jul 1925 in Wonersh, St John the Baptist, Surrey, England

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1979 at age 87 in Abingdon, Berkshire, England

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Name: Sir Harry George Champion. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Harry G Champion. Found multiple versions of name. Using Sir Harry George Champion. Born 17 AUG 1891. 11 Caldervale Road, Clapham, London, Surrey, England. ^{[1] [2] [4]} Residence Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son. 1911 Horsell, Surrey, England. Map: Latitude: N51.324688. Longitude: W0.566865. ^[4] Marriage Husband Sir Harry George Champion. Wife Chrystal Tempé Parsons. Child: James Cunliffe () Champion. Child:Chrystal Heather Champion. Marriage 8 JUL 1925. Wonersh, St John the Baptist, Surrey, England. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Sir Harry George Champion CIE (17 August 1891 – 20 June 1979) was a Geographer and forest officer in British India who created a classification of the forest types of India and Burma.

He studied at New College, Oxford, and obtained a degree in chemistry in 1912 and then studied botany and forestry under William Schlich. He joined the Indian Forest Service in 1915 and became a silviculturist at the Forest Research Institute at Dehradun staying there until 1936 before becoming a Conservator in the United Provinces. He left India in 1939 and became a Professor of Forestry at Oxford, succeeding Robert Scott Troup. Troup had offered him a position at the Imperial Forestry Institute in 1924 but Champion chose not to join it. He married Troup's secretary Crystal Parsons.[1]

Champion published an initial classification of the forest types of India and Burma in 1936. This was revised in 1968 by S K. Seth and this is referred to as the Champion and Seth classification of the forest types of India.[2] His younger brother F. W. Champion was also a forester in India and a pioneer in wildlife photography.

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2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: S85 Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Reference Number: WON/2/7
3. ↑ Source: S116 General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 2a; Page: 469
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Source: S133 Class: RG14; Piece: 3017; Schedule Number: 231
5. ↑ Source: S85 Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Reference Number: WON/2/7
6. ↑ Source: S116 General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 2a; Page: 469
7. ↑ Source: S85 Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Reference Number: WON/2/7

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