Harold Stuart FergusonM.B.E. (10 February 1851 – 5 January 1921)[1] was a Scottish zoologist who worked in the south Indian princely state of Travancore, contributing to the local museum.
He was born in Park Street, near Grosvenor Square, London,[2] the fourth child of Robert Ferguson (1799–1865) and Mary Mcleod of Skye. His father was born in India, a close friend of Sir John Macpherson, Governor-General of India, and Sir Walter Scott. Robert was an eminent physician who also took an interest in insects, literature and other matters becoming Physician ExtraordinarytoQueen Victoria. Harold spent most of his life in India in Travancore.
He was connected to the State Museum at Trivandrum from 1880 onwards, and from 1894 until his retirement from India in 1904 was director of the museum. Ferguson was interested in all aspects of natural history of the region and he contributed to the herpetology of the state.[6]
^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Ferguson, H. S.", p. 89).
^Boulenger, GA (1891) Description of a new species of frog obtained by Mr H S Ferguson in Travancore, South India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6:450
^Boulenger, GA (1892) Description of a new toad from Travancore. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7:317-318
^Marshal, GFL & L de Niceville (1882). The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon. Vol. 1. Calcutta Central Press. p. 4.
