p. 71, when chief surgeon at Royal Naval Hospital Haslar: Richardson “was charged with caring for the hospital’s library and museum…. Between 1840 and 1850, he built up an important facility for research in natural history …and a first-rate library of natural history.” Visitors included Darwin, Lyell, Gray, and Hooker.
Sir John Richardson: Arctic Explorer, Natural Historian, Naval Surgeon.
Johnson, Robert E. London: Taylor & Francis, 1976.
- Arctic Reading: General
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Sir John Richardson: Arctic Explorer, Natural Historian, Naval Surgeon.
Johnson, Robert E. (London: Taylor & Francis, 1976).
- 1819-22 and 1825-27 John Franklin Overland Journeys with John Richardson.
- Arctic Reading: Great Britain
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p. xii: notes that Richardson’s library as well as that of Frederick Schwatka are now at the University of Illinois.