COCKBURN, John. 1852 — Dehra Dun 14.10.1902. British Civil Servant in India, interested in Prehistory. In 1879 characterized as “late Curator of the Allahábád Museum, Officiating Assistant Osteologist, Indian Museum, Calcutta.” Worked in Indian Museum in 11879-83, from 1884 Assistant Sub-Deputy Opium Agent in Opium Department.
Publications: “Notes on Stone Implements from the Khasi Hills, and the Bhanda and Vellore Districts”, JASB 48:2, 1879, 133-143; four notes in ProcASB 1882; “On the recent Existence of Rhinoceros indicus in the N. W. Provinces, and a Description of a Tracing of an archaic Rock-Painting from Mirzapur, representing the Hunting of this Animal” JASB 52:2, 1883, 56-64; “On palaeolithic implements from the drift gravels of the Singrauli basin, South Mirzapur”, JRAnthrInst 17, 1888, 57-65; “On flint implements from the Kon ravines of South Mirzapur”, JASB 63:3, 1894, 21-27; “Cave Drawings in the Kaimūr Range, NW Prov.”, JRAS 1899, 89-97.
– Also wrote on zoology and paleontology.
Sources: Stray noted in Internet, almost all connected with his papers; L.C. Kees, The Rhinoceros in Asia. ch. 9 in brill.cp,.
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