Allan Octavian Hume

Allan Octavian Hume CB (6 June 1829 – 31 July 1912) was a civil servant, political reformer and amateur ornithologist and horticulturalist in British India. He was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, a political party that was later to lead the Indian independence movement. A notable ornithologist, Hume has been called "the Father of Indian Ornithology" and, by those who found him dogmatic, "the Pope of Indian ornithology."A number of animals and birds are named after Hume. These include:Hume's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus humeiSikkim Wedge-billed Babbler "Sphenocichla humei"Manipur Bush Rat, Hadromys humei (Thomas, 1886)Hume's Argali, Ovis ammon humei Lydekker 1913 (now treated as Ovis ammon karelini, Severtzov, 1873)