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ADMIRAL SIR G. H. RICHARDS, whose death on Monday we regret to announce, earned the high esteem of men of science by his valuable hydrographical labours in various parts of the world. He was a scientific navigator, and during his life he contributed much important knowledge to marine surveying. The following particulars of his career are from an obituary notice in the Times:—Admiral Richards was born in 1820, and he entered the Navy in 1832. Three years later he was appointed as a midshipman in an expedition fitted out for a voyage of exploration and survey in the Pacific Ocean. He served for five years in the Sulphur during the surveys of the west coasts of South and North America, the Pacific Islands, New Guinea, and the Moluccas.
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Notes. Nature 55, 57–61 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/055057a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/055057a0
