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SO far back as 1887 a lectureship in forestry was inaugurated at Edinburgh University. The courses given were mainly attended by students taking the University degree in agriculture. It was a far-sighted step to take at that time, since it is a great advantage to the scientific agriculturist to have some acquaintance with the aims and objects of the forester with whom he has so commonly to work side by side on the countryside. On the closure of the forestry branch at the Coopers Hill College in 1905, the training of the Indian forestry probationers was left in the hands of the universities. Recognising"the altered conditions and the growing demand for the trained forest officer—for the Colonial Office was now beginning to require qualified men— Edinburgh University, which is pre-eminently a scientific and Empire university, instituted an ordinance for the degree of B.Sc. in forestry in 1909.
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The Forestry Department of Edinburgh University. Nature 106, 706–707 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/106706a0
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