Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer
1852–1903
Explorer and author. Worked for the Indian telegraphic service, stationed on the coast of the Persian Gulf, 1869–76. Explored Baluchistan, 1876–7. Inspector-general of Egyptian telegraphs, 1878–1903; director of railways, plantations, and telegraphs. Experimented on the cultivation of trees and other plants in the desert. Wrote on Egyptian geography and travel.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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