Robert Kyd | |
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| Born | 1746 Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Died | 27 May 1793 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
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| Allegiance | .svg){kind=small} East India Company |
| Service | Bengal Army |
| Years of service | 1764-1793 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | Bengal Engineers |
Colonel Robert Kyd (1746 – 27 May 1793[1]) was a British army officer stationed in India. He founded the botanical garden at Calcutta in 1787.[2]
- ^ Holmes and Co. (1851). The Bengal Obituary. Calcutta: W Thacker and Co. p. 99.
- ^ Desmond, Ray (2004). "Kyd, Robert (1746–1793)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15814. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)