Tag: Biography

Clements Markham…

Clements Markham spent 12 years as President of the Royal Geographic Society, went on several voyages and expeditions in the middle decades of the c19th, and was a driving force behind late Victorian and Edwardian Antarctic exploration. But, was he an adventurer? Isobel Williams‘ interesting recent talk at the RGS – “Be Inspired: Sir Clements…

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