The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Schlich, William

SCHLICH, shlĭk, William, English forester: b. Darmstadt, 1840. He was educated at Darmstadt and the University of Giessen and was appointed in 1866 to the Indian forest department. He held the offices of conservator of forests, 1871, and inspector-general of forests, 1881; and organized the first school of forestry in England, at Cooper's Hill, in 1885. He was made F.R.S. in 1901 and knighted in 1909. He is the author of &lsquo;A Manual of Forestry&rsquo; (5 vols., 1889-96); &lsquo;The Outlook of the World's Timber Supply&rsquo;; &lsquo;Afforestation in Great Britain and Ireland&rsquo;; &lsquo;Forestry in the United Kingdom.&rsquo;