| LC control no. | n 88096167 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Huish, Robert, 1777-1850 |
| Variant(s) | Lambe, G., Esq., 1777-1850 Huish, R. (Robert), 1777-1850 Blue, A., 1777-1850 |
| Birth date | 1777 |
| Death date | 1850 |
| Place of birth | Nottingham (England) |
| Field of activity | Bee culture Authorship |
| Found in | His The history of the private and political life of the late Henry Hunt, Esq. M.P. for Preston ... 1836: title page (Robert Huish) MdU/G-K files (hdg.: Huish, Robert, 1777-1850; usage: R. Huish; A. Blue) The mysteries of Ferney castle, 1810: title page (By G. Lambe, Esq.) Oxford Dictionary of national biography online, viewed 6 August 2020 (Huish, Robert (1777-1850), apiculturist and writer, son of Mark Huish of Nottingham, was born in the city and baptized at High Pavement Presbyterian Chapel there. After studying at Frankfurt am Main, where he acquired a good knowledge of German and French, he spent time in central Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia. Huish's wide-ranging literary output covered natural history, current and historical topics, romances, and poetry. He is best remembered, however, for his books on bees and beekeeping) Summers, Montague. A Gothic bibliography, 1941: pages 71 and 431 (author of "The mysteries of Ferney castle" was Robert Huish) |
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