About James Roxburgh McClymont
Lived 1854 – 1936 (aged 81). James Roxburgh McClymont was a British naturalist and historian.
James Roxburgh McClymont (23 August 1854 – 21 May 1936) was a Scottish-born Australian poet, historian, geographer, cartographer and naturalist. He is most well known for his biography of Pedro Álvares Cabral, the legendary Portuguese navigator.
Biography He was born on23 August 1854 in Denholm, Scotland.
He died on 21 May 1936 in France.
Career Although he was of Scottish origin, he lived and worked in Australia from 23 Jan 1881 to 1913.
Pedro Álvares Cabral: His Progenitors, His Life, and His Voyage to America and India (London: B. Quaritch, 1914) Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects - Essays on Early Ornithology and Kindred Subjects - Wikisource, the free online library Characters in outline and other poems Essays in historical geography and on kindred subjects The land of false delight and other poems
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British historian and naturalist
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James Roxburgh McClymont was born on 23 August 1854 in Denholm.
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James Roxburgh McClymont died on 21 May 1936.
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James Roxburgh McClymont was a naturalist and historian.
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