Researching Richard Beddome
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The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Beddome on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Richard Beddome and the Beddome Family History
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Some Famous People called Richard Beddome
Richard Henry Beddome
Colonel Richard Henry Beddome (11 May 1830 – 23 February 1911) was a British military officer and naturalist in India, who became chief conservator of the Madras Forest Department. In the mid-19th century, he extensively surveyed several remote and then-unexplored hill ranges in Sri Lanka and south India, including those in the Eastern Ghats such as Yelandur, Kollegal, Shevaroy Hills, Yelagiri, Nallamala Hills, Visakhapatnam hills, and the Western Ghats such as Nilgiri hills, Anaimalai hills, Agasthyamalai Hills and Kudremukh. He described many species of plants, amphibians, and reptiles from southern India and Sri Lanka, and several species from this region described by others bear his name.
Source: Richard Henry Beddome, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Beddome
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