Robert Baikie (1799 - 1889)
1799-10-30Kirkwall, Scotland1889-08-05Edinburgh, Scotland
Robert Baikie
Robert Baikie was a Scottish-born physician, writer and artist.
Baikie spent more than 17 years as a doctor in India with the East India Company's Madras Army, as Chief Medical Officer of the Nilgiris, and has written extensively about the region. It is a fascinating account of the Nilgiri Mountains with maps of the hills and approaches to them, sketches of the scenery, drawings of the principal buildings and tables of routes. This work by Robert Baikie was later published as Observations on the Nilgiri, including an account of their topography, climate, soil and produce.
Date and place of birt: | 30 october 1799, Kirkwall, Scotland |
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Date and place of death: | 5 august 1889, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Period of activity: | XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Cartographer, Doctor, Writer |
Genre: | Genre art, History painting, Landscape painting |