
Language
en
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United Kingdom: Macmillan and co., 1878.
Credits
Galo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library/Cornell University)
Release date
2023-05-04
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1818–1889
An Irish politician, Alpine traveler, and pioneering naturalist, he moved easily between Parliament, mountain exploration, and serious scientific writing. His life linked Victorian public service with a deep curiosity about the natural world.
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1817–1911
An adventurous Victorian botanist, explorer, and scientific traveler, he helped map the plant life of places from Antarctica and the Himalayas to India and Morocco. He was also one of Charles Darwin’s closest friends and early supporters, and later led the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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