Roelin George Gordon-Cumming (or Gordon-Cumming ), ( English Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming ; March 15, 1820 - March 24, 1866 ) is a Scottish hunter and traveler in Africa .
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Biography
He served in the Cape Colony. Cemming's hunting trophies were exhibited at the 1851 World's Fair in England and are kept in the museum at ( Scotland ). A description of Camming's travels, important for studying the life of animals in South Africa, was published under the title “Five years of a hunter's life in the far interior of South Africa” (6th ed., London , 1870 ). It contained for its time many interesting observations on the lifestyle of South African animals.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science - 1902.
Literature
- Kemming, Ronalein Gordon // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Cumming, Ronalein Gordon // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.