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|link = Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#657 | |link = Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.4)#657 | ||
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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Markham, Sir Clements Roberts}}'''. English geographer and historical writer; b. July 20, 1830 at Stillingfleet, near York; d. in London, Jan. 30, 1916. Went to Westminster School; entered the navy, 1844; lieutenant in 1851; served, 1850-51, on the Franklin search expedition in Artic regions. Retired from navy, 1852, and travelled in Peru and the forests of the eastern Andes. Entered Civil Service, 1853; appointed on the board of control of East India Company, 1854. In South America again, 1860, in order to arrange for the introduction of the cinchona plant into India. In Ceylon and India, 1865. In charge of the geographical section of the India Office, 1867-77. In later years travelled extensively in western Asia and the U.S.A. Elected, 1893, Pres, of the Royal Geographical Soc., retaining office for 12 years. Mainly responsible for finding funds for the Antarctic expedition under Capt. Robert Scott, 1901. Chief Works: ''Peru'', 1880.—''Life of Richard III'', 1906.— ''Lives'' of several outstanding figures, such as Admiral Fairfax, Adm. John Markham, Columbus, etc.—''The Lands of Silence'', an important history of Arctic and Antarctic explorations published posthumously, 1921,—*Edited the ''Narratives of the Mission of Geo. Bogle to Tibet and of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa'', London, 1876. 8vo.—Various introductions and notes to scholarly works by others, and some 70 papers in scientific journals. | |||
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|author = Boris de Zirkoff | |||
|title = H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings | |||
|detail = vol. 6, p. 441 | |||
|link = Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.6)#441 | |||
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