Allan Octavian Hume, CB ICS (4 June 1829 – 31 July 1912) was a British political reformer, ornithologist, civil servant and botanist who worked in British India. He supported the idea of self-governance by Indians and founded the Indian National Congress. A notable ornithologist, Hume has been called "the Father of Indian Ornithology" and, by those who found him dogmatic, "the Pope of Indian Ornithology".
- Occupation
- Q2374149, Q1225716, Q212238, Q82955
- Citizenship
- Q174193
- Born
- June 4, 1829, June 6, 1829
- Died
- July 31, 1912
