explorer, plant collector and author. He published most of his books as Frank Kingdon-Ward and this hyphenated form of his name stuck, becoming the surname of...
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internationally for his work with the famed plantsman and explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward whom he accompanied on his last two expeditions in Myanmar. U Chit...
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William Kingdon Clifford FRS (1845–1879), English mathematician and philosopher Edith Kingdon (1864–1921), American actress Frank Kingdon-Ward (1885–1958)...
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Jennings (1913–2004), President of the International Court of Justice. Frank Kingdon-Ward (1885–1958), botanist and explorer Sir Desmond Lee (1908–1993), classical...
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Rhododendron facetum (category Taxa named by Frank Kingdon-Ward)
facetum flower buds at RHS Garden Wisley "Rhododendron facetum Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens...
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Rhododendron aganniphum (category Taxa named by Frank Kingdon-Ward)
maroon flecks, and often pink streaks. "Rhododendron aganniphum Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens...
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continued to be administered by Tibet. When the British botanist Frank Kingdon-Ward crossed the Sela Pass and entered Tawang in 1935 without permission...
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sites. It was first collected for western horticulture in 1926 by Frank Kingdon-Ward, and was described as a variety of Primula microdonta by William Wright...
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happy life. The first Westerners to identify the flower were Jean and Frank Kingdon-Ward, who came to Manipur for botanical research in 1946. They set up base...
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(Frank) Kingdon-Ward (1885-1958) - PlantExplorers.com™". www.plantexplorers.com. Retrieved 16 March 2023. International Plant Names Index. H.M.Ward....
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are descendants of one of the founder populations of modern humans. Frank Kingdon-Ward in the early 20th century reported a tribe of pygmy Tibeto-Burman...
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finally confirmed that the Tsangpo was indeed the upper Brahmaputra. Frank Kingdon-Ward started an expedition in 1924 in hopes of finding a major waterfall...
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family Primulaceae. It was first described by Isaac Bayley Balfour and Frank Kingdon-Ward in 1915. It is a close relative of the species Primula graminifolia...
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of the day by explorers such as Ernest Wilson, George Forrest and Frank Kingdon-Ward who brought back plants from China and the Himalayas including magnolias...
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Heritage Site. She was a patron of the botanist and plant collector Frank Kingdon-Ward. After she created her garden and the death of her husband, she gave...
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head Capt. Edgar E. McElroy (Doolittle Raider), C-47 pilot Captain Frank Kingdon-Ward (botanist), British soldier recruited to locate crash sites Captain...
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prominent peak in the Himalayas after Mount Everest and Nanga Parbat. Frank Kingdon-Ward described in the 1920s "a quaint prophecy among the Kongbo Tibetans...
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were felt in Lhasa for days. In Rima, Tibet (modern-day Zayü Town), Frank Kingdon-Ward, noted violent shaking, extensive slides, and the rise of the streams...
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was found that this was a misidentification. Specimens collected by Frank Kingdon-Ward in 1938 on the Indian side of the border and by George Sherriff in...
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collected for western horticulture in 1924 by the British botanist Frank Kingdon-Ward, and was named after his wife Florinda. This plant grows best in very...
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learning surveying at the Royal Geographical Society he accompanied Frank Kingdon-Ward on an expedition to Tibet, setting sail from Marseilles on 29 January...
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the hidden beauties of the world, so that others may share his joy. Frank Kingdon-Ward, From China to Hkamti Long, 1924. The systematic collection of plants...
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photographed for the first time in 1933 by the botanist explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward, at which time it was known as Choembo. In 2009, a Sino-Japanese joint...
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Chester, who financed the plant hunting trips of George Forrest and Frank Kingdon-Ward in China. There are two species of Beesia: Beesia calthifolia, which...
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it is a prophesied refuge for Tibetan Buddhists by Padmasambhava. Frank Kingdon-Ward was the first Westerner to describe the area in his 1925 book, Riddle...
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forests have been little explored by scientists since the work of Frank Kingdon-Ward in the 1920s and 1930s and their biodiversity is likely underestimated...
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rhododendrons within the gardens were collected on expedition by Frank Kingdon-Ward. Behind the house, paths pass limestone cliffs and overlook Awbeg...
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plants from the plant expeditions he sponsored to Himalaya, China and Frank Kingdon-Ward's expedition to Assam in 1935. Mountain pine and rhododendrons provided...
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(1793–1825), William Doherty (1857–1901), Victor Jacquemont (1801–1832) and Frank Kingdon-Ward (1885–1958). There were a few naturalists who were especially gifted...
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accompanied by the Medical Officer, Major J. Hislop IMS. He helped Frank Kingdon-Ward and Lord Cawdor in 1924 when he was a Political Officer in Gangtok...
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