Henry John Elwes
1846–1922
Natural historian and traveller. Entered the Scots Guards in 1865; retired with rank of captain, 1870. Visited Sikkim and Tibet, 1871. Travelled extensively and collected plants, butterflies, and moths. Known for his skill as a plantsman, he collected several new species that bear his name. FRS 1897.
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ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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