F.R.G.S.
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A small caravan led by A. M. Hassanein Bey, F.R.G.S., set out from Sellum on the Mediterranean in 1923, began to crawl in the sun's eye across the Libyan Desert.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Military Education," there appears in The Tablet, an advertisement concerning preparation for examinations at Woolwich and Sandhurst by "the Rev. E. VON ORSBACH, F.R.G.S.,
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 20, 1892 by Various
The author wishes to give credit to Mr. Jacques W. Redway, F.R.G.S., for suggesting the subject of Part I and for the inspiration he received from the distinguished geographer in developing the subject.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello
—Captain Wiggins, F.R.G.S., lectured at Norwich, upon his experiences in the Arctic Seas and Siberia.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles
In the meantime the island had been frequently visited, but there are no records, until the 29th September 1873, when the "Queensland North-East Coast Expedition," under the leadership of Mr G. Elphinstone Dalrymple, F.R.G.S., landed.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
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