Question

Who was Robert Brice foote

Answer 1

Robert Bruce Foote (22 September 1834 – 29 December 1912) was a British geologistand archaeologist who conducted geological surveys of prehistoric locations in India for the Geological Survey of India.

Foote joined the Geological Survey of India (GSI) on 29 December 1858 was posted in the Madras Presidency, Hyderabad region and Bombay. In 1887 he became a director of the GSI and on retiring in 1891, he joined the state of Baroda. In later life, he settled in Yercaud where his father in law Reverend Peter Percival had worked and lived.[1]