Quotes:Grandidier, Alfred

Zirkoff, Boris

Grandidier, Alfred (1836-1921). French explorer, geographer and naturalist, b. at Paris, Dec. 20, 1836; d. there, Sept. 13, 1921. Received classical educ. in his family; studied at Collège de France, 1854-57. At 21, went to South America on scientific mission with brother; engaged in explorations, 1858-59. Embarked alone for India, 1863. Spent the years 1865-70 in a series of epoch-making explorations and research in Madagascar. Elected to the Academy of Sciences, 1885. Chief works: Histoire Physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar, which was started in 1872, and contains 39 volumes, publ. at Paris by the Imprimerie Nationale.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 8, p. 438