Margaret Dow collection 1924-1940

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Margaret Dow collection 1924-1940

Correspondence (48 leaves)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6285669

Scott Polar Research Institute

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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...

Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857

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Elisha Kent Kane was an American naval surgeon and explorer who commanded the second Grinnell Expedition to the Arctic, 1853-1855. From the description of Elisha Kent Kane letter, Philadelphia, Pa., to Bayard Taylor, 1856. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 34242180 Elisha Kent Kane was a physician and explorer. From the description of Papers, 1830s-1860s. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616028 ...

Dow, Margaret

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Margaret Dow (nee Elder) was a contemporary of the geographer and meteorologist Hugh Robert Mill (1861-1950) From the guide to the Margaret Dow collection, 1924-1940, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) ...