Benjamin Leigh Smith collection 1855-1882

Neale William Henry d 1939

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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...

Lofley William

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British Exploring Expedition North Russia 1881-1882

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Smith, Benjamin Leigh, 1828-1913

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Benjamin Leigh Smith was born on 12 March 1828 at Whatlington, Sussex. He was educated at the Nonconformist Bruce Castle School and, in 1848, was elected a pensioner of Jesus College, Cambridge, becoming the first dissenter to receive a BA degree. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1856, but never practised. Smith embarked on his first voyage to the Arctic in 1871 when he sailed in the ketch Samson to Svalbard on the British Exploring Expedition, reaching la...

Giver Magnus K

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Chermside, Herbert Charles, 1850-1929.

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Governor of Queensland 1902-1905. The suburb of Chermside in Brisbane is named after him. From the description of OM69-26 Sir Herbert Charles Chermside Papers, ca. 1902-1903. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 755725224 Sir Herbert Chermside was Governor of Queensland from March 1902 until September 1904, when he returned to England. From the description of OM74-06 Sir Herbert Charles Chermside Letter, 1904. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 7557...

British Exploring Expedition Svalbard 1871

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Blythe Isabella

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Baxter, William

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Epithet: Master of the Mercers' School, London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001091.0x00003a ...

Smith, Benjamin Leigh, 1828-1913

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Benjamin Leigh Smith was born on 12 March 1828 at Whatlington, Sussex. He was educated at the Nonconformist Bruce Castle School and, in 1848, was elected a pensioner of Jesus College, Cambridge, becoming the first dissenter to receive a BA degree. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1856, but never practised. Smith embarked on his first voyage to the Arctic in 1871 when he sailed in the ketch Samson to Svalbard on the British Exploring Expedition, reaching la...

Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827-1891

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Barbara Bodichon (nee Leigh Smith) was born on 8 April 1827 at Whatlington, Sussex, sister of the Arctic explorer, Benjamin Leigh Smith (1828-1913). She was educated privately and studied political economy, law and art at Bedford Square Ladies College, London, becoming a painter of some renown. After receiving an endowment from her father, she established her own progressive school in London, later known as the Portman Hall School. During the 1850s, she concentrated on the campaign ...