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3 unusual facts about Arthur de Carle Sowerby


Arthur de Carle Sowerby

Sowerby returned to England during the First World War with the intention of joining up, but to his dismay was posted to the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) due to his ability to speak the language.

During the Xinhai Revolution, Arthur headed up the Shaanxi (Shensi) Relief Expedition.

Sowerby was taken on as a naturalist for Robert Sterling Clark's Expedition of 1909 which sought specimens from the Yellow River into Shensi and then to Kansu province and made the first map of a little-known area of China.



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