35-874: Alcock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname Alcock [ edit ] Alfred William Alcock , British naturalist C. W. Alcock , British sports administrator and creator of the FA Cup Charles R. Alcock , American astronomer Deborah Alcock , British author of fiction Edward Alcock , English footballer who played for Tranmere Rovers George Alcock , British astronomer George Alcock (footballer) , English footballer Harry Alcock , English footballer who played for Walsall James Alcock , Psychologist and noted skeptic John Alcock, one of several people including John Alcock (aviator) , pioneer aviator, of Alcock and Brown John Alcock (bishop) , English bishop of
70-624: A Victorian literary style. He specialized in medical entomology , wrote a textbook "Entomology for Medical Officers " (1st edition 1911, 2nd 1920), and worked on a biography of Sir Patrick Manson . In herpetology , Alcock described five new species of reptiles , some in collaboration with the English ornithologist Frank Finn . Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire The Most Eminent Order of
105-526: A cross; the Order of the Indian Empire does not, in deference to India's non-Christian tradition. Members of all classes of the order were assigned positions in the order of precedence. Wives of members of all classes also featured on the order of precedence, as did sons, daughters and daughters-in-law of knights grand commander and knights commander. (See order of precedence in England and Wales for
140-541: A depiction of the circlet (a circle bearing the motto) and the collar; the former is shown either outside or on top of the latter. Knights commander and companions were permitted to display the circlet, but not the collar, surrounding their arms. The badge is depicted suspended from the collar or circlet. The first two kings of Bhutan were presented with the KCIE: Other appointees include: Sir Kumarapuram Seshadri Iyer (1 June 1845 – 13 September 1901), who served as
175-565: A fatal snake bite from an Echis carinatus . In 1888 he became Surgeon-Naturalist to the Indian Marine Survey on the survey ship Investigator . Here he studied marine zoology and he published many papers along with the zoologist James Wood-Mason and others. He wrote about these years in A Naturalist in Indian Seas (1902) which is considered a classic in natural history travel. In 1892 Alcock resigned (having attained
210-457: A further proclamation regarding the Order was made; the Order was expanded from two classes to three – Knight Grand Commander, Knight Commander and Companion. Seven knights grand commander were created, namely: Also from 1897, 3 honorary knights commander were made. Including Léon Émile Clément-Thomas (1897), Col. Sir Eduardo Augusto Rodriques Galhardo (Jan 1901) and Sir Hussien Kuli Khan, Mokhber-ed-Dowlet (June 1902). Emperor Gojong of Korea
245-535: A post as assistant master in a European boys school at Darjeeling . Here Colonel Wood left his son under the tutelage of Alcock. In 1881 Alcock's elder sister moved to India as her husband was a distinguished officer in the Indian Civil Service . Alcock was then able to sail home to begin his medical training. He found Aberdeen University economical and entered Marischal College in October, 1881. In
280-570: A post at a commission agent's office in Calcutta . This office closed soon, and he worked from 1878 to 1880 in Purulia as an agent recruiting unskilled labourers for the Assam tea gardens. While here an acquaintance, Duncan Cameron, left him a Macmillan book by Michael Foster Physiology Primer . This book, he wrote in his autobiographical notes, "That little book was to me what the light from heaven
315-496: A systematist, describing a wide range of species . He worked on aspects of biology and physiology of fishes, their distributions, evolution and behaviour. Some of his works were published in "Zoological Gleanings from the R.I.M.S. ' Investigator,' " published in " Scientific Memoirs by Medical Officers of the Army of India," Part XII, Simla, 1901. He worked on Fishes, Decapod Crustacea, and Deep Sea Madreporarian Corals. He published in
350-596: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alfred William Alcock Alfred William Alcock CIE FRS (23 June 1859 in Bombay – 24 March 1933 in Belvedere, Kent) was a British physician , naturalist , and carcinologist . Alcock was the son of a sea-captain, John Alcock in Bombay , India who retired to live in Blackheath . His mother was a daughter of Christopher Puddicombe,
385-516: The Delhi Durbar , the limits were increased to 40 knights grand commander, 120 knights commander, and 40 nominations of companions in any successive year. British officials and soldiers were eligible for appointment, as were rulers of Indian Princely States . Generally, the rulers of the more important states were appointed knights grand commander of the Order of the Star of India, rather than of
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#1732771812840420-770: The School of Tropical Medicine at the Albert Dock Seamen's Hospital , Albert Dock . Alcock was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1901. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1903 Durbar Honours , and received the Barclay Medal from the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1907. In 1897 he married Margaret Forbes Cornwall, of Aberdeen. Alcock was primarily
455-409: The surname Alcock . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alcock&oldid=1247449657 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
490-680: The Church of England, a pluralist and an author. Thomas Alcock (surgeon) (1784–1833) English surgeon Thomas Alcock (MP) (1801–1866) British politician Vivien Alcock , British children's writer Walter Galpin Alcock , English organist and composer William Congreve Alcock ( c 1771–1813), Irish parliamentarian from Waterford. See also [ edit ] Alcott Aycock Alcock's canal Alcock Island , Antarctica Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
525-671: The Government "telling him what an impossible post the Superintendentship of the Museum was and begging him to get it improved for the sake of the Science of Zoology and of my successors." In the letter Alcock wrote that Zoology was "a branch of pure science pregnant with human interest", important to the state "in matters of education, in matters agricultural and veterinary, and in the vital matter of public health." He suggested
560-484: The Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria on 1 January 1878. The Order includes members of three classes: Appointments terminated after 1947, the year that British India became the independent Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan . With the death of the last surviving knight, the Maharaja Meghrajji III of Dhrangadhra , the order became dormant in 2010. The motto of
595-726: The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, the Annals and Magazine of Natural History as well as catalogues published by the Indian Museum. His "Illustrations of the Zoology of the R.I.M.S. ' Investigator,' ", a series with illustrations by Indian artists (mainly A. C. Chowdhary and S. C. Mondul) has been considered as exceptional in beauty and accuracy. Alcock's school education of classics and literature led him to write in
630-741: The Order is Imperatricis auspiciis , ( Latin for "Under the auspices of the Empress"), a reference to Queen Victoria, the first Empress of India . The Order is the junior British order of chivalry associated with the British Indian Empire ; the senior one is The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India . The British founded the Order in 1878 to reward British and native officials who served in British India. The Order originally had only one class (Companion), but expanded to comprise two classes in 1887. The British authorities intended
665-486: The Order of the Indian Empire as a less exclusive version of the Order of the Star of India (founded in 1861); consequently, many more appointments were made to the former than to the latter. On 15 February 1887, the Order of the Indian Empire formally became "The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire" and was divided into two classes: knights commander and companions, with the following as knights commander, listed up to 1906 (in date order) However, on 21 June 1887,
700-471: The Order of the Indian Empire. Women, save the princely rulers, were ineligible for appointment to the order. Female princely rulers were admitted as "knights" rather than as "dames" or "ladies". Other Asian and Middle Eastern rulers were also appointed as well. Members of the order wore elaborate costumes on important ceremonial occasions: At less important occasions, simpler insignia were used: The insignia of most other British chivalric orders incorporate
735-534: The class of Knight Grand Commander (25 at any given time) was added; the composition of the other two classes remained the same. The statute also provided that it was "competent for Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, at Her or their pleasure, to appoint any Princes of the Blood Royal, being descendants of His late Majesty King George the First, as Extra Knights Grand Commander". By Letters Patent of 2 Aug 1886,
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#1732771812840770-740: The establishment of "an Indian Zoological Survey " with a museum and laboratory administered by zoologists along the lines of the Geological and Botanical Surveys. He was asked to withdraw his resignation and rejoin with promises of reform at the Indian Museum, however he wrote that "I stuck to my resolve that if the position at the Indian Museum was to be improved by my efforts no cynical potentate at Simla should ever say that I had got it altered for my own benefit." Back in London he made acquaintance with Sir Patrick Manson , who he had known since student days. He began to work on tropical medicine at
805-543: The exact positions.) Knights grand commander used the post-nominal "GCIE", knights commander "KCIE", and companions "CIE." Knights grand commander and knights commander were entitled to the prefix "Sir". Wives of knights grand commander and knights commander could prefix "Lady" to their surnames. Such forms were not used by peers and Indian princes, except when the names of the former were written out in their fullest forms. Knights grand commander were also entitled to receive heraldic supporters, and could encircle their arms with
840-909: The fifteenth century John Alcock (behavioral ecologist) , American behavioral ecologist and author John Alcock (organist) , English organist and composer Lara Alcock , British mathematics educator Leslie Alcock , British archaeologist Mary Alcock (née Cumberland, c. 1742 – 1798), British writer Sir Michael Alcock , British air chief marshal Milly Alcock (born 2000), Australian actress Nathan Alcock , British physician Rachel Alcock (1862–1939), English physiologist Reg Alcock , Canadian politician Ronald Alcock (d. 1991), British stamp dealer and philatelic publisher Rutherford Alcock , British diplomat Siccature Alcock, birth name of Jah Cure , Jamaican reggae musician Terry Alcock , English footballer Thomas Alcock (adventurer) , (died 1563), English traveller and adventurer Thomas Alcock (priest) , (1709–1798), clergyman in
875-406: The first class were titled "Knight Grand Commander" rather than "Knight Grand Cross" so as not to offend the non-Christian Indians appointed to the order. At the time of foundation in 1878 the order had only one class, that of Companion, with no quota imposed. In 1886, the Order was divided into the two classes of knights commander (50 at any given time) and companions (no quota). The following year
910-672: The first year he took the medal in Henry Alleyne Nicholson 's class of Natural History . Even when "unqualified" he served as house surgeon in the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary . In 1885 he graduated M.B., C.M., "with honourable distinction" and joined the Indian Medical Service . Alcock sailed to India in 1886 and served in the north-west frontier with Sikh regiment and Punjab regiments. In Baluchistan he dealt with his first case of
945-447: The number of knights commander was increased to 82, while commanders were limited to 20 nominations per year (40 for 1903 only). Membership was expanded by letters patent of 10 June 1897, which permitted up to 32 knights grand commander. A special statute of 21 October 1902 permitted up to 92 knights commander, but continued to limit the number of nominations of commanders to 20 in any successive year. On 21 December 1911, in connection with
980-540: The only son of a Devon squire. Alcock studied at Mill Hill School , at Blackheath Proprietary School and at Westminster School . In 1876 his father faced financial losses and he was taken out of school and sent to India in the Wynaad district. Here he was taken care of by relatives engaged in coffee-planting. As a boy of 17 he spent time in the jungles of Malabar . Coffee-planting in Wynaad declined and Alcock obtained
1015-525: The order. The fictional characters Purun Dass, invented by Rudyard Kipling , and Harry Paget Flashman , invented by George MacDonald Fraser , were KCIEs; Kipling's engineer Findlayson in The Day's Work (1908) aspires to the CIE. The British sovereign serves as Sovereign of the Order. The grand master held the next-most senior rank; the position was held, ex officio , by the viceroy of India . Members of
1050-406: The public galleries of Reptiles, Fishes and Invertebrates. Sir George King , who was the chairman of the trustees, supported him; however, after his retirement, Alcock was given little support. Lord Curzon decided to exhibit the collections of the Indian Museum as a memorial to Queen Victoria in 1903 and Alcock was ordered to "vacate the gallery of Fishes at a moment's notice." Alcock protested to
1085-636: The rank of major) and became Deputy Sanitary Commissioner for Eastern Bengal . In 1893 Wood-Mason went home and Alcock agreed to act for him during his absence. Wood-Mason died on his way to England and Alcock was appointed as the superintendent of the Indian Museum . In 1895–96 he was on the Pamis Boundary Commission and wrote the Natural History results of this expedition. At the Indian Museum, Alcock worked on improving
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1120-454: The study of botany, natural history and chemistry. During this time Alcock even dug graves to study the bodies of humans. He studied bones using Holden's Osteology – "Thence I crept on by means of a Nicholson's ' Manual of Zoology ' to the Descent of Man and the ' Origin of Species .' I was now resolved to be a doctor, but I could not think how it was to come to pass." In 1880 he took up
1155-458: The trustees that "it would be disgraceful to dismantle a gallery of Invertebrates which included an exhibit of the recent mosquito-malaria discoveries, at a moment when those discoveries seemed at last to have driven into the thickest British skull the great truth that the study of zoology was of some use to mankind." The gallery was spared but the library was to be cleared. These experiences caused Alcock to quit and he returned home in 1906 writing to
1190-573: Was made an honorary Knight Grand Commander on 17 December 1900. Appointments to both the Order of the Star of India and the Order of the Indian Empire ceased after 14 August 1947. As the last Grand Master of the orders, the Earl Mountbatten of Burma was also the last known individual to have publicly worn the stars of a Knight Grand Commander of both orders, during the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977. There are no living members of
1225-538: Was to St. Paul. It set my face towards natural science." He regretted that he never got to know Michael Foster, "but throughout the rest of my life I have thought of him with the gratitude of a disciple, for his Primer and for his Textbook of Physiology which I got as soon as I had mastered his Primer. Its philosophical spirit impressed me very deeply." Another friend he made in Purulia was Lieut.-Col. J. J. Wood, then deputy sanitary commissioner there. Wood invited him to
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