Robert Hermann Schomburgk
German-born explorer , diplomat and naturalist . Explored British Guiana under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society, 1831–5. Government commissioner for surveying and establishing the boundaries of British Guiana, 1841–3. British consul, San Domingo, 1848; Bangkok, 1857–64. Knighted, 1844. FRS 1859.
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See also Correspondence, volume(s): 3,4,5,9,10,11