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Robert Chambers

Scottish publisher and writer (1802-1871) · Writers · Died at 68

Robert Chambers was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor who, like his elder brother and business partner William Chambers, was highly influential in mid-19th-century scientific and political circles.

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of the Geological Society of London

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Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1802 to 1871 · aged 68