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F. I. Ricarde-Seaver
19th-century Spanish soldier and scientist
Major Francisco Ignacio Ricarde-Seaver (occasionally Ricarde-Lever) FRSE FGS (c. 1850 – 1906) was a 19th-century Spanish soldier and amateur geologist and botanist.2
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About
He corresponded with Joseph Dalton Hooker on various issues. He had strong associations to several gold mines, mainly in South Africa.
From Wikipedia’s article on F. I. Ricarde-Seaver, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Career
- Date not recordedBoard member, Bechuanaland Exploration Company3
Personal life
He married Dona Marie Louise Christine do Godoy de Bassano y Crowe (1839-1880), widow of Prince Ernest de Looz-Corswarem (1834-1868), a member of the Belgian aristocracy.
Through this marriage he became stepfather of Princess Manuela de Looz-Corswarem.
He appears to have remarried. His second wife Lucretia Charras died in London in October 1901.
F. I. Ricarde-Seaver died in Ventnor on 15 July 1906. He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium in London.
From Wikipedia’s article on F. I. Ricarde-Seaver (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Awards
- Date not recordedFellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh4
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataF. I. Ricarde-Seaver on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaF. I. Ricarde-Seaver on Wikipedia
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- 5Wikimedia CommonsF. I. Ricarde-Seaver photo by Duffus Brothers, Public domain