F.R.G.S.
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A small caravan led by A. M. Hassanein Bey, F.R.G.S., set out from Sellum on the Mediterranean in 1923, began to crawl in the sun's eye across the Libyan Desert.
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F.R.G.S., relative to the tribes of Madagascar, are gratefully acknowledged.
By Albert F. Calvert, F.R.G.S. 4to, with many Illustrations and Photographs, price 21s. net.
From In the Forbidden Land by Landor, Arnold Henry Savage
I rose early next morning, and as soon as the shops were open I went and bought a book on the subject, 'Outlines of Physiography,' by W. Lawson, F.R.G.S.
From Men of Invention and Industry by Smiles, Samuel
He was elected F.R.S. and F.R.G.S., and received the decorations of several foreign orders of knighthood.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
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