Philip Furley Fyson

The Fyson prize is instituted in his honour by the Presidency College, Chennai for work in the area of Natural science.

Fyson was born in Japan to British missionary parents and his early education was in Scotland.

[3] He also wrote a book on Madras flowers with 100 illustrated plates, a Flora of the South Indian Hills and a monograph on the genus Eriocaulon.

[1] From 1906, he took great interest in the botany of the hills and spent time in the Sacred Heart College at Shembaganur, near Kodaikanal, working along with Fr.

In 1910 some 30 amateur women naturalists in the Kodaikanal and Ooty area were illustrating the local flora under the guidance of Lady Bourne.

[1] He took leave for this study and in 1915 this resulted in The Flora of the Nilgiri and Pulney Hill-tops with 286 illustrated pages and 483 species.