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About Clements Markham
Sir Clements Robert Markham was an English geographer, explorer and writer. He was secretary of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) between 1863 and 1888, and later served as the Society's president for a further 12 years. In the latter capacity he was mainly responsible for organising the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1904, and for launching the polar career of Robert Falcon Scott.
Everything about Clements Markham →- Occupation
- explorer, writer, geographer, civil servant
- Position held
- President of the Royal Geographical Society, president of the Hakluyt Society, secretary of the Royal Geographical Society
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- July 20, 1830, 1830
- Died
- January 30, 1916, 1916