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Sir Clements Robert Markham (1830–1916)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2016

Ann Savours
Ann Savours*
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Sir Clements Markham, of honourable memory, died in London, one hundred years ago on 29 January 2016. Not long before, towards the end of a very full life, he had been walking his godson, little Peter Scott, in the garden.

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Polar Record , Volume 52 , Issue 5 , September 2016 , pp. 609 - 610
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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