structure the Forest Service in 1905. His influence was so great that President Roosevelt sent him a photograph in 1896 with the inscription Honours Honorary member of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, 1874 Fellow of the Royal Society, 1875 Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire, 1878 Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire, 1887 The honorary title Professor awarded by the Prussian Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, 1893 Doctor honoris causa of law, University of Edinburgh, 1898 Honorary member of the Society of American Foresters, 1904 Legacy Many species of plants are named after him: Cananga brandisiana (Pierre) Saff. Dendrocalamus brandisii (Munro) Kurz Diospyros brandisiana Kurz Ochlandra brandisii Gamble Macaranga brandisii King Millettia brandisiana Kurz Orophea brandisii Hook.f. & Thomson Quercus brandisiana Kurz Ardisia brandisiana Kurz Iodes brandisii Kurz Ixora brandisiana Kurz Loranthus brandisanus Kurz The genus Brandisia Hook.f. & Thomson is also named after him. Notes References Rao, V. S. 1961. 100 years of Indian Forestry. Souvenir. Forest Research Institute. Dehra Dun. scanned version Herbert Hesmer. "Leben und Werk von Dietrich Brandis. Begründer der tropischen Forstwirtschaft, Förderer der forstlichen Entwicklung in den U.S.A., Botaniker und Ökologe". Abstracts of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vol. 58. XXIII u. 476. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen, 1975. James G. Lewis. The Forest Service and the Greatest Good: A Centennial History . Durham, NC: Forest History Society, 2005. S. S. Negi. Sir Dietrich Brandis: Father of Tropical Forestry. Dehra Dun, India: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, 1991. Michael Mann: "Dietrich Brandis (1824–1907) – Botanist and Founder of the Science of Tropical Forestry." in: MIDA Archival Reflexicon (2020), ISSN 2628-5029, 6 pp. External links Scanned plates from the Indian forest flora of Dietrich Brandis Jan Oosthoek, The colonial origins of scientific forestry in Britain http://www.ifs.nic.in 1824 births 1907 deaths British foresters German foresters Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Fellows of the Royal Society Forestry academics History of forestry education Imperial Forestry Service officers Indian foresters Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Scholars from Dehradun Academic staff of the University of Giessen Expatriates from Germany in British India History of Myanmar German emigrants to the United Kingdom