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Baron, R. (Richard), 1847-1907

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Personal name headingBaron, R. (Richard), 1847-1907
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Variant(s)Baron, Richard, 1847-1907
Associated placeMadagascar
Birth date18470908
Death date19071012
Place of birthKendal (England)
Field of activityMissions
Botany
Geology
AffiliationLondon Missionary Society
Found inBotany, na filazana ny amy ny zava-maniry sy ny fombany: t.p. (R. Baron)
OCLC, 23 Oct. 2007 (hdg.: Baron, Richard, 1847-1907)
The Antananarivo annual and Madagascar magazine, no. 17 (Christmas 1893): t.p. (Rev. R. Baron, F.G.S., F.L.S.; missionary of the L.M.S.)
The history of the London Missionary Society 1795-1895, 1899: vol. 1, p. 779 ("R. Baron, F.L.S., of the London Mission") p. 801 (Baron, Richard; Madagascar mission field, arrived 1872)
Dictionary of African Christian biography WWW site, viewed Oct. 6, 2016: Richard Baron page ("Richard Baron spent thirty-two years in Madagascar as a missionary with the LMS (London Missionary Society). During that time, he acquired a well-deserved scientific reputation in the fields of botany and geology in Madagascar, becoming one of the most competent experts in each field at that time."; born September 8, 1847 in Kendal, England; died October 12, 1907 in Morecambe, England
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