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	Clements Markham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Markham was born in Stillingfleet, Yorkshire in the United Kingdom.
		Following his retirement Markham explored the forests of the eastern Andes in Peru and is credited with introducing the cinchona tree (a source of quinine) to India and other British colonies, eventually alleviating rampant malaria problems.
		Sir Clements Markham was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873; was made a CB in 1871, and a KCB in 1896.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clements_Markham (553 words)

	Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology \| Brown's History of Nottinghamshire: East Markham
		Judge Markham drew up the legal instrument for the deposition of Richard II., and was one of the commissioners appointed to receive the crown which Richard resigned in favour of his rival.
		Clements R. Markham, C.B., the popular Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, wrote a history of the parish, which was sold in aid of the restoration of the church.
		Markham, the authoress of the ‘History of England,’ was the daughter of Dr. Cartwright, who was born in the adjoining village of Marnham, and was the inventor of the power loom.
	www.nottshistory.org.uk /Brown1896/eastmarkham.htm (499 words)

	Sir Clements Robert Markham - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SIR CLEMENTS ROBERT MARKHAM (1830-), English traveller, geographer and author, son of the Rev. David F. Markham, canon of Windsor, and of Catherine, daughter of Sir W. Milner, Bart., of Nunappleton, Yorkshire, was born on the 10th of July 1830 at Stillingfleet, near York, and educated at Westminster School.
		In later years Sir Clements Markham travelled extensively in western Asia and the United States.
		Sir Clements Markham was elected F.R.S. in 1873; was created C.B. in 1871, and K.C.B. in 1896; became an honorary member of the principal geographical societies; and was president of the International Geographical Congress which met in London in 1895.
	49.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MARKHAM_SIR_CLEMENTS_ROBERT.htm (416 words)

	Gervase Markham - LoveToKnow 1911
		GERVASE MARKHAM (or JERvis) (1568?-1637), English poet and miscellaneous writer, third son of Sir Robert Markham of Cotham, Nottinghamshire, was born probably in 1568.
		He was a soldier of fortune in the Low Countries, and later was a captain under the earl of Essex's command in Ireland.
		Gervase Markham was buried at St Giles's, Cripplegate, London, on the 3rd of February 1637.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Gervase_Markham (349 words)

	Markham, Sir Clements Robert - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		MARKHAM, SIR CLEMENTS ROBERT [Markham, Sir Clements Robert], 1830-1916, English geographer and writer.
		Markham was an important promoter of antarctic exploration and helped to raise funds for Robert Scott 's 1901 expedition.
		FROM GREENLAND'S ICY MOUNTAINS.(adventurers of historian and geographer Clements Robert Markham)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-markhamc.html (269 words)

	MARKHAM FAMILY HISTORY
		Sir Clements Markham speculated that Daniel Markham of Cambridge, MASS, alive in 1667 was Robert's grandson through either Robert born 1596 or Alexander born 1601.
		In 1670, Daniel Markham, then also of Medford, Mass., was deposed to testify on behalf of Edward Collins, plaintiff, involving an alleged theft of a mare and colt by a neighbor.
		And Middletown Conn. was the son of James Markham and Martha Collins, of Earls Colne, and that he was born in 1641.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/6315/family/markham.html (1478 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sir Clements Robert Markham (Geography, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Sir Clements Robert Markham[mAr´kum] Pronunciation Key, 1830–1916, English geographer and writer.
		He was an authority on Inca civilization and wrote The Incas of Peru (1910) and edited early accounts of the Inca.
		Markham was an important promoter of antarctic exploration and helped to raise funds for Robert Scott's 1901 expedition.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MarkhamC.html (263 words)

	Sir Clements Markham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		One of his ancestors, William Markham, had been Archbishop of York from 1777 to 1807 and tutor to King George IV and King William IV, who appointed the grandson of his own former mentor, Clement's father, David F. Markham, to a sinecure at Windsor.
		On resigning from the Navy in 1852, Markham travelled to Peru to explore the eastern slopes of the Andes.
		Markham collected first hand information on a large variety of topics, which was disseminated among his fellow countrymen in numerous books and articles until the day he died.
	www.markham.edu.pe /history/clement_inner.htm (216 words)

	Clements Markham: Viele Informationen uber Clements Markham an omega.it
		Markham wurde in Stillingfleet, Yorkshire geboren und an der Westminster School erzogen.
		Nach seiner Rückkehr von dieser Suchmission wurde Markham zum Leutnant ernannt, er trat jedoch 1852 aus der Royal Navy mit dem Ziel aus, Entdecker in Südamerika zu werden.
		Markham versuchte daraufhin, eine privat finanzierte Expedition auf die Beine zu stellen, was sich als sehr schwierig herausstellte.
	www.omega.it /c/cl/clements_markham.html (492 words)

	Antarctic Explorers: Robert F. Scott
		In hindsight, Markham felt this was a mistake as he was essentially snubbed by the Royal Society as their members felt the RGS was beneath them.
		Markham was then put off by the First Lord of the Admiralty and worse, by the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, who "regretted that he was unable, under existing circumstances, to hold out any hope of HMG embarking upon an expedition of this magnitude".
		Sir Clements Markham and his wife were aboard the ship when she steamed into Portsmouth Harbor where "All the men of war, and a line of boats sent from Whale Island, gave hearty cheers".
	www.south-pole.com /p0000089.htm (13787 words)

	Scott Polar Research Institute » Virtual Shackleton - authors
		Clements Robert Markham was born at Stillingfleet in Yorkshire on 20 July 1830.
		It was this experience that turned Markham to exploration and the study of scientific geography.
		In 1863, Markham became Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, a post he held for the next twenty-five years.
	www.spri.cam.ac.uk /library/archives/shackleton/authors/markham.html (402 words)

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		Claron of West Markham was a Saxon chief who, for services rendered in the 1066 War of Conquest by William the Conqueror, was rewarded with a grant of land which had been held by his father and grandfather before him.
		Daniel Markham was one of the first settlers in Enfield, Conn. SOUR Homer W. Brainard's manuscript genealogy of the Markham family, at the Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT. SOUR Enfield Vital Records, Vol 1A, pg 91.
		Markham Memorial Film #0000786, an expansion of "History of the Markham Family" Pub 1858 by the son of the author of the original Markham Memorials, pub 1913, is a book of the descendants of the Markhams of Nottinghamshire, England.
	www.markhams.com /MarkhamFamilyTree.html (3211 words)

	Episode 63 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sir Clements Markham: A house, a bust and a painting.
		Markham was godfather to Scott's son, Peter, whose middle name was Markham.
		Above Markham's right hand is a framed picture of the Cinchona plant, which he collected in Peru for the relief of malaria in India.
	www.antarctic-circle.org /E63.htm (536 words)

	Legion of Frontiersmen (NZ Command) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The RS felt the expedition leader should be a scientist while Markham felt he "must be a naval officer; he must be in the regular line and not in the surveying branch, and he must be young.
		Markham was soon in for a serious struggle as the scientists joined forces with the "hydrographic clique" to offer their own choice for leadership.
		Markham knew all along that a second relief expedition would be necessary but this was a fact he had concealed from the Government when the original plans were laid.
	frontiersmen.homestead.com /scott.html (16998 words)

	Who smuggled quinine seeds for the British? - Plants that Changed History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		According to Cheryl Motley, Markham enlisted the aid of Richard Spruce, an Englishman who had been studying the mosses of the Andes and was living in a village in Peru.
		Markham was knighted for his efforts to establish Cinchona in British-held territories even if the plantations were a 'failure' in his lifetime.
		Markham spent his life as an adventurer and explorer, serving as geographer aboard several ships and, later, heading the geography department in India.
	www.killerplants.com /plants-that-changed-history/20030527.asp (908 words)

	Dawning of the Raj
		One of the letters Markham quotes is an early one he wrote from Calcutta to his sister Anne, who was known affectionately as Chuffles.
		Markham quotes an excerpt from a letter that Bogle received from Hastings upon his arrival: "I am perfectly satisfied and pleased with every circumstance of your conduct, and equally so with the issue of your commission....
		Markham must have known this, because in reconstructing Bogle's journal he spoke with members of the family.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/b/bernstein-raj.html (6967 words)

	What was the coup of Kew? - Plants that Changed History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sir Clements Markham of the British India Office recognized the potential for rubber plantations outside of South America.
		Markham asked James Collins of the Pharmaceutical Society to undertake a feasibility study for plantations in India and Malaysia.
		Markham perhaps understanding the political climate of South America sent a backup, Robert Cross, in case Wickham should fail.
	www.killerplants.com /plants-that-changed-history/20020917.asp (439 words)

	Clements R. Markham Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Markham spent several years in the navy and traveled in South America before he entered the civil service, working in the India Office.
		Markham retired from public life in 1877 and devoted himself to geographical and historical interests.
		Manuscripts collected by Sir Clements R. Markham, British geographer, historical writer.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Arlenes/M/Markham.html (167 words)

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		The generous emulation in the cause of scientific discovery was unknown, and the secrets of the sea were scrupulously kept." Sir Clements Markham also remarks that "the Spanish Government jealously concealed the knowledge acquired by their great explorers" (I. xxviii.).
		Sr Clements Markham describes him as a mutinous officer, and again calls him the enemy, and the malignant enemy of De Quiros.
		The Father Commissary and his five Franciscan companions, barefooted and kneeling on the beach, received, at the hands of De Torres, the second in command, a large cross, "made of the orange wood of the country," in which was inserted the Relic of Holy Cross which the captain had received in Rome.
	gutenberg.net.au /ebooks06/0600641.txt (9104 words)

	MARKHAM, MRS - Online Information article about MARKHAM, MRS
		MARKHAM, MRS - Online Information article about MARKHAM, MRS
		place she took the nom de plume of " Mrs Markham," under which she gained celebrity as a writer of See also:
		The distinctive characteristic of " Mrs Markham's " histories was the elimination of all the " horrors " of history, and of the complications of See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MAL_MAR/MARKHAM_MRS.html (374 words)

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		Elizabeth MARKHAM; married 1717, Maj. William MARKHAM of Cotham (born 1686, died 1771 Jun).
		Gervase MARKHAM, born 1844 Feb 15, died 1910 Aug 26 sp; married 1893 Oct 28, Charlotte Eliza REYNARD (died 1918 Jan 7).
		George Henry MARKHAM, born 1837 Jan 24, died 1920; married 1862 Oct 8, Trempealeau co, WI, Fannie Minerva BISHOP (born 1841, IN, died 1932).
	www.angelfire.com /realm3/ruvignyplus/003.html (9103 words)

	Clements Markham Royal Markham Robert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sir Clements Markham, FRS, CB, KCB, was President of The Royal Geographical Society and a principal rightly regarded as the pre-eminent Polar Forum in Ireland.
		Sir Clements Markham was elected F.R.S. in 1873; was created C.B. in 1871, and K.C.B. in 1896; became an honorary member of the principal geographical societies; and was president of the International
		Dieser Artikel basiert auf dem Artikel Clements Markham aus der freien Enzyklopädie Wikipedia und steht unter der GNU Lizenz für freie Dokumente.
	www.enzyklopda.de /infos/c/cl/clements-markham.html (1075 words)

	Imago Mundi - Clements Markham / Albert Markham.
		Imago Mundi - Clements Markham / Albert Markham.
		Markham (Clements Robert), géographe et voyageur né à Stillingfleet (près d'York) le 28 juillet 1830.
		(A.-M. Markham (Albert Hastings), marin qui prit part à l'expédition polaire du capitaine Adams vers le golfe de Boothia Felix (1873) et à celle de Nares (187576) où il commandait l'Alert; il atteignit en traîneau le 83° de latitude Nord.
	www.cosmovisions.com /Markham.htm (214 words)

	South: the race to the Pole : National Maritime Museum : Past exhibitions : What's on
		Sir Clements Markham, the influential President of the Royal Geographical Society, championed British interest in the Antarctic.
		Markham had developed a life-long passion for polar exploration since his Naval service in the search for Sir John Franklin, who perished with all his men in the Arctic in the 1840s.
		Markham campaigned for a British National Antarctic Expedition.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /server/show/conWebDoc.1059/viewPage/5 (519 words)

	James Caird Society meetings
		Sir Clements Markham, FRS, CB, KCB, was President of The Royal Geographical Society and a principal backer of Scott's 1901—04 expedition to the Antarctic, of which Shackleton was a leading member.
		From 1863-1888 Markham was Secretary to the RGS, receiving the Society's gold medal upon retiring.
		Dr.Ann Savours (Dr.Ann Shirley) was formerly on the staff of the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, and was later Custodian of Manuscripts at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
	www.jamescairdsociety.com /meetings.php (1780 words)

	Scott Polar Research Institute » Virtual Shackleton - authors
		He was then appointed torpedo lieutenant in HMS Empress of India, meeting Clements Markham for a second time in 1897.
		In the summer of 1897, Scott was appointed torpedo lieutenant to HMS Majestic and in the same year, his father died, leaving his mother, Hannah, almost penniless.
		In June 1899, while serving in Majestic, he met Clements Markham who told him of a proposed British Antarctic expedition and within two days, Scott had applied to command the expedition.
	www.spri.cam.ac.uk /library/archives/shackleton/authors/scott.html (1014 words)

	markham - OneLook Dictionary Search
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	Books I would like to get my hands on (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Markham, F.S.A., F.R.G.S., Author of "Cuzco and Lima," "Travels in Peru and India," and a "Quichua Grammar and Dictionary".
		Early Spanish Voyages to the Strait of Magellan / Translated and Edited, with a Preface, Introduction and Notes, by Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B., Vice-President of the Hakluyt Society.
		Book of the Knowledge of All the Kingdoms, Lands, and Lordships that are in the World, and the Arms and Devices of each Land and Lordship, or of the Kings and Lords who possess them.
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	Amazon.com: Markham in Peru: The Travels of Clements R. Markham, 1852-1853: Books: Clements Robert, Sir Markham,Peter ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Amazon.com: Markham in Peru: The Travels of Clements R. Markham, 1852-1853: Books: Clements Robert, Sir Markham,Peter Blanchard
		Markham in Peru: The Travels of Clements R. Markham, 1852-1853 (Paperback)
		by Clements Robert, Sir Markham, Peter Blanchard (Editor)
	www.amazon.com /Markham-Peru-Travels-Clements-1852-1853/dp/0292751273 (426 words)

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