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Born October 5, 1789 • England
Died March 21, 1857 (aged 67) • England
Lady Hester Stanhope
British noble
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Sir Richard Burton
Sir Richard Burton
British scholar and explorer
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
Francis Galton
Francis Galton
British scientist
Sir John Franklin
Sir John Franklin
English explorer
Mount Everest: 1921 expedition
George Mallory
British explorer and mountaineer
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
British botanist
Speke
John Hanning Speke
British explorer
Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott
English officer and explorer
Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper
British mountaineer and artist
Oxley, John
John Oxley
British explorer
Evans, George William
George William Evans
English surveyor and explorer
Sir Thomas Button
British navigator and naval officer
Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist
Eyre, engraving by Charles Tomkins after a portrait by Charles Mercier
Edward John Eyre
British explorer and official
Charles Tilstone Beke
British explorer and biblical scholar
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
British navigator
Mary Henrietta Kingsley
Mary Henrietta Kingsley
English traveler
David Thompson
English explorer

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