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Person
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Markham, Clements Robert
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Description area
Dates of existence
1830-1916
History
Sir Clements Robert Markham was an English geographer, explorer and writer. He was secretary of the Royal Geographical Society between 1863 and 1888, and later served as the Society's president for a further 12 years. In the latter capacity he was mainly responsible for organising the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-1904, and for launching the polar career of Robert Falcon Scott