Person Schomburgk; Sir; Robert Hermann (1804 - 1865) Schomburgk Robert Hermann Sir 1804 - 1865 German Male Freiburg, Saxony, Germany 05 June 1804 18040605 Berlin, Germany 11 March 1865 18650311

Bangkok (1858)

Career: Commmissioned by the Royal Geographical Society to explore British Guiana (1835); discovered a water lily grown in England as 'Victoria regia'; Crown commission to survey colonial boundaries, South America; Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Bangkok, Siam [Thailand] (1858) Honours: Kt 1844 Fellow 09/06/1859 54 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 Notes: The date of election is incorrectly given as 2 June 1859, in the Record of the Royal Society 1940. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 5 Jun 1804 - 11 Mar 1865 NA2441 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/12/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/9920527 b64475f4-ebe3-471a-99ad-3e23bbffb3c5