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### Author
Medlicott, Henry Benedict (1829-1905), British geologist; from 1854 until 1887 with the Geological Survey of India; 1854-1862 also professor of geology at Rurki; Mutiny Medal 1857; from 1876-1885 director of the Survey.
**Abbreviated name**: *Medlicott* \[standard form in IPNI: *Medlicott*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 302; BM 3: 1277-1278; CSP 4: 319, 8: 368, 10: 760-761, 17: 128; Quenstedt p. 287.
- Anon., Rec. Geol. Survey India 20: 121-122. 1887 (bibl.).
- Blandford, W. T., Rec. Geol. Survey India 32: 233-241. 1905.
- Poggendorff, J. C, Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 3: 893. 1898, 4(2): 981. 1904 (b. 8 Aug 1829), 5(2): 826 (d. 6 Apr 1905).
- R. L., Quart. J. Geol. Soc. London 62: lx-lxi. 1906.
- Zittel, K. A. von, Hist. geol. palaeontol. 210, 211, 310, 457. 1901.
#### Eponymy
*Medlicottipites* B. Biswas (1962).
### Publications
##### n.5782. A manual of the geology of India
**Title**
*A manual of the geology of India*. Chiefly compiled from the observations of the Geological Survey. Calcutta (sold at the office of the Superintendent of Government Printing; Geological Survey office;...) London (Trübner & Co.) 1879. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Man. geol. India*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: William Thomas Blandford (1832-1905).
*Publ*.: 1879, p. \[i\]-xviii, \[i\]-lxxx, \[1\]-444. *Copy*: Teyler.