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Born September 16, 1813 • Scotland
Died April 13, 1880 (aged 66) • London • England
David Douglas
David Douglas
Scottish botanist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
British botanist
David Livingstone
David Livingstone
Scottish physician, missionary, and explorer
Park, Mungo
Mungo Park
Scottish explorer
Rae, detail from an oil painting by S. Pearce; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Rae
Scottish explorer
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Macgregor Laird
British explorer
Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
British explorer
Thomson, Joseph
Joseph Thomson
British explorer
Alexander Gordon Laing, engraving
Alexander Gordon Laing
Scottish explorer
C. Wyville Thomson, 1877.
Sir C. Wyville Thomson
Scottish naturalist
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James Augustus Grant
British explorer
Clapperton, Hugh
Hugh Clapperton
British explorer
Baikie, detail from an engraving, 1864
William Balfour Baikie
British explorer
Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie
Scottish explorer
James Clark Ross.
Sir James Clark Ross
British explorer
Chalmers, James
James Chalmers
Scottish missionary
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Swedish botanist
John Ray, detail of an oil painting; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Ray
English naturalist
Jeanne Baret
Jeanne Baret
French botanist and explorer

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