wrote on the ethnology of the Selungs of the Mergui archipelago. Many of the plant specimens that he collected are at Calcutta, Kew and the Natural History Museum, London. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1879 and was made honorary LLD of the University of Edinburgh in 1885. During the time that he held the office of superintendent of the Calcutta museum he also served as professor of comparative anatomy at the medical school in Calcutta. He and his wife Gracei travelled to Japan in 1884, forming an extensive collection of Ainu artefacts, which was donated to the British Museum and the National Museum of Scotland. Return to Britain He retired from service in India in 1886 just a few years after his marriage. He later made extensive zoological collections in Egypt, forming the basis of his Zoology of Egypt. He died in Buxton, England and was survived by his wife Grace Scott Thoms. They are buried together on the south side of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. The portrait head was sculpted by David Watson Stevenson. Legacy Species named after Anderson include: Sacculina andersoni , a parasitic barnacle. Japalura andersoniana , a lizard Opisthotropis andersonii , a snake Trimeresurus andersonii , a venomous snake Bibliography Among the printed publications of John Anderson are: Anderson, John (1881). Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, Part I (Calcutta). Anderson, John (1883). Catalogue and Handbook of the Archaeological Collections in the Indian Museum, Part I: Asoka and Indo-Scythian Galleries. Part II: Gupta and Inscription Galleries. Buddhist, Jain, Brahmanical, and Muhammadan Sculptures; Metal Weapons, objects from Tumuli, &c. Printed by order of the Trustees, Calcutta. Anderson, Grace Scott; Anderson, John (1884). Japan from India: letters & notes of the journey of two travellers, chiefly by one of them. Calcutta?: Privately printed. 287 pp. Anderson, John (1896). A Contribution to the Herpetology of Arabia, with a preliminary list of the reptiles and batrachians of Egypt. London: R.H. Porter. 124 pp. Anderson, John (1898). "Zoology of Egypt. Volume First. Reptilia and Batrachia". London: Bernard Quaritch. 572 pp. See also :Category:Taxa named by John Anderson (zoologist) References Sources 'Obituary', in: Ibis, series 8 vol 1, no. 1 (January 1901), p. 159. External links The Anderson brothers Publications of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 1833 births 1900 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society Scottish zoologists Scientists from Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh