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Alexander Frederick Richmond "Sandy" Wollaston (22 May 1875, Clifton, Gloucestershire – 3 June 1930, Cambridge) was an English medical doctor, ornithologist, botanist, climber and explorer. After qualifying as a surgeon in 1903, Wollaston decided to spend his life on exploration and natural history, travelling extensively; he wrote books about his travels and work, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1907. He took up an offer from John Maynard Keynes as a tutor at Cambridge, Wollaston and was shot dead by Douglas Potts, a deranged undergraduate student, in Cambridge.

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  • Alexander Frederick Richmond Wollaston (fr)
  • Alexander Frederick Richmond Wollaston (it)
  • Alexander Wollaston (nl)
  • Sandy Wollaston (en)
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  • Alexander Frederick Richmond « Sandy » Wollaston (1875 - 3 juin 1930) est un médecin, ornithologue, botaniste, alpiniste et explorateur britannique. Il reçoit de nombreuses distinctions et meurt assassiné par un étudiant à Cambridge. (fr)
  • Alexander Frederick Richmond "Sandy" Wollaston (22 May 1875, Clifton, Gloucestershire – 3 June 1930, Cambridge) was an English medical doctor, ornithologist, botanist, climber and explorer. After qualifying as a surgeon in 1903, Wollaston decided to spend his life on exploration and natural history, travelling extensively; he wrote books about his travels and work, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1907. He took up an offer from John Maynard Keynes as a tutor at Cambridge, Wollaston and was shot dead by Douglas Potts, a deranged undergraduate student, in Cambridge. (en)
  • Alexander Frederick Richmond Wollaston, noto anche come Sandy Wollaston (Bristol, 22 maggio 1875 – Cambridge, 3 giugno 1930), è stato un esploratore, medico, botanico e alpinista britannico. Partecipò a varie spedizioni del primo '900; ebbero particolare importanza tra queste la spedizione del British Museum sul Ruwenzori, le due condotte in Nuova Guinea nei pressi del monte Carstensz e la prima spedizione britannica sul monte Everest. Prendono il suo nome un picco sul monte Baker, nel massiccio del Ruwenzori, e alcune specie di pipistrello (Hipposideros wollastoni), di sauro e di rana, nonché una primula. (it)
  • Alexander Frederick Richmond (“Sandy”) Wollaston (Clifton, 22 mei 1875 - Cambridge, 3 juni 1930) was een Engelse arts, ornitholoog, bergbeklimmer en ontdekkingsreiziger. Wollaston, telg uit een familie van kunstenaars en wetenschappers, bracht zijn schooljaren door op in Bristol en studeerde vervolgens medicijnen aan King's College in Cambridge. Hij studeerde af in 1896 en specialiseerde zich verder tot chirurg. Maar de rusteloze Wollaston hield niet van zijn vak en besloot zijn leven te wijden aan onderzoek van de natuur en het exploreren van de wereld. Maakte hij tijdens de academische vakanties al voettochten over de Aran-eilanden, door Lapland en de Dolomieten, nu ging hij verder weg. Hij trok door Soedan, daarna over de gehele wereld met een kort verblijf in Brits-Nieuw-Guinea en Jap (nl)
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