William Scoresby Routledge

1859–1939 (age 80)

Biography

William Scoresby Routledge combined botanical collecting with careful ethnographic observation during expeditions to the South Pacific, returning home with plants and stories that broadened scientific and cultural friendships.

His journals, specimens, and generous instruction to fellow scholars enriched museums and botanical gardens, and his burial at Putney Vale Cemetery marks what friends called a life shaped by curiosity and compassion.

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