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FALCONER, Hugh (1808 – 1865)

FALCONER, Hugh (1808 – 1865)

1808 – 1865

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1868 CE

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Palaeontological memoirs and notes of the late Hugh Falconer. For many years superintendent of the H.E.I. Company's botanical gardens at Suharunpoor and Calcutta. With a biographical sketch of the author. Compiled and edited by Charles Murchison. Vol. 1. Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis. Vol. II. Mastodon, elephant, rhinoceros, ossiferous caves, primeval man and his cotemporaries. 2 vols.

MURCHISON, Charles (1830 – 1879)
MURCHISON, Charles (1830 – 1879)
FALCONER, Hugh (1808 – 1865)
FALCONER, Hugh (1808 – 1865)

Falconer's writings on human antiquity appear in Vol. 2 of his Palaeontogical memoirs. Together with William Pengelly, Falconer was one of the first two scientists to visit Brixham Cave after its discovery in 1858, an…