Question

‘The Himalayan Districts of the North Western Provinces of India’ book is written by :
1. Sermon Oakley
2. H. G. Walton
3. G. R. G. Williams
4. Edwin T. Atkinson

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Edwin T. Atkinson

​The correct answer is Edwin T. Atkinson.

• ‘The Himalayan Districts of the North-Western Provinces of India’ book is written by Edwin T. Atkinson.

Edwin Felix Thomas Atkinson

• Edwin Felix Thomas Atkinson was an Irish lawyer and entomologist in the Indian Civil Service.
• He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and sat the Indian Civil Service Examinations in 1861.
• He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1862 and served in Bengal Presidency and the North-Western Provinces. Atkinson was a lawyer specializing in Indian law and successively worked as Judge in a Small Cause Court, Deputy Commissioner of Paper Currency in Allahabad, and Accountant General of the northwest Provinces.
• He was commissioned to produce a Gazetteer of Northwestern India.