LC control no. | n 80069018 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916 |
Variant(s) | Markham, Clements Robert, Sir, 1830-1916 |
Associated country | Great Britain |
Birth date | 1830-07-20 |
Death date | 1916-01-30 |
Field of activity | Geography Voyages and travels |
Affiliation | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) Great Britain. India Office |
Profession or occupation | Geographers Explorers |
Found in | Narratives of the voyages of Pedro Sarmiento de GamboĢa to the Straits of Magellan, 1970: t.p. (Clements R. Markham, C.B., F.R.S.) Wikipedia, viewed 9 Sept. 2015 (Sir Clements Robert Markham KCB FRS (20 July 1830-30 January 1916) was an English geographer, explorer, and writer. He was secretary of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) between 1863 and 1888, and later served as the Society's president for a further 12 years. Markham served as a geographer to the India Office, and was responsible for the collection of cinchona plants from their native Peruvian forests, and their transplantation in India.) |
Associated language | eng |