​AITKEN, EDWARD HAMILTON (1851–⁠)

Son of the Rev. James Aitken, missionary. Free Church of Scotland : passed the B.A. and M.A. examinations of the Bombay University at the head of the list : Latin reader in the Dekkan College, 1880–6 : entered the Customs and Salt Department : writes under the name of E. H. A. : author of Tribes on my Frontier, Behind the Bungalow, The Naturalist on the Prowl, Five Windows of the Soul, Common Birds of Bombay : Chief Collector of Customs, Karachi.