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Thomas Reid Davys Bell (2 May 1863 – 24 June 1948) born in Bandon Cork was a lepidopterist and forest officer in India. Thomas was the youngest in a family of twelve. His early education was in Dresden. He tried to get into the Indian Civil Services but failed. He later wrote entrance exams to Sandhurst and Woolwich passed but decided not to join the army. He then joined the Indian Woods and Forest Services and joined the services at Dharwad in 1884 as a Deputy Forest Officer.
