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Darwin Correspondence Project

Richard Hill

1795–1872

Jamaican-born magistrate and planter who was educated in England. Active in the anti-slavery movement. Naturalist who specialised in the ornithology of Jamaica. Assisted Philip Henry Gosse (1810–88) in the preparation of works on the natural history of the island.

Source

Cundall 1920.

Bibliography

Cundall, Frank. 1920. Richard Hill. Journal of Negro History 5: 37–44.

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