Clements Robert Markham ( 1830 - 1916 )

Birth: Stillingfleet, Yorkshire, England (20 July 1830) Death: London (30 January 1916) Research Field: Geography Career: Entered the Royal Navy (1844); on the Pacific Station (for 4 years); involved in a Franklin search mission (1850-1851); visited Peru (1852-1853); joined the Civil Service (1853); transferred to the Board of Control of the HEIC; Assistant Secretary to the Revenue Department, Indian Office; employed to collect cinchona trees from the Andes and to grow them in India (1860); Geographer to Napier's Abyssinian expedition (1867); left the India Office (1877); organised antarctic expeditions; died after an accident Honours: KCB 1896; CB Memberships: FGS (President 1893) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 12/06/1873.