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Mr Robert Dick (1/1811-24/12/1866)
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Robert Dick, Baker of Thurso, self-taught botanist, geologist and naturalist.
Born at Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, January 1811.
Started in business as a baker in Thurso, 1830.
Died 24th December 1866.
Mr Robert Dick |
"Robert Dick Botanist & Geologist of Thurso, Caithness." |
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Search for specimens collected by Robert Dick.
Entry for Robert Dick in Wikipedia, and 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Full text of "Robert Dick, baker, of Thurso, geologist and botanist" by Samuel Smiles, 1879 (also as PDF file).
Watch a video inspired by Robert Dick, "Portable Museum Of Curiosity", from Caithness Horizons Museum, Thurso.