August Horowitz collection 1935-1945

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August Horowitz collection 1935-1945

Correspondence (26 leaves)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6285086

Scott Polar Research Institute

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Horowitz, August

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August Horowitz was a contemporary of the geographer and meteorologist Hugh Robert Mill (1861-1950) From the guide to the August Horowitz collection, 1935-1945, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) ...

Mill, Hugh Robert, 1861-1950

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Hugh Robert Mill was born at Thurso, Scotland, on 28 May 1861. He read chemistry and physics at Edinburgh University and specialised in marine chemistry, working on the scientific reports of the Challenger expedition under Sir John Murray. In 1887, he became lecturer in geography and physiography at Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, and four years later, published The realm of nature, an important textbook of scientific geography. In 1892, he was appointed librarian of the Royal Geogr...