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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You subscribe a guinea, and get made a Fellow by subscription, just for the sake of writing F.R.G.S. after your name; it gives a young man a look of importance.'
From Philistia by Grant Allen
Much more complete bibliographies will be found in some of the books listed here, one which is notably complete to date of publication is contained in Diamonds and Precious Stones, by Harry Emanuel, F.R.G.S.,
From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Frank Bertram Wade
"Oh, yes, it might lead to a few words of commendation in a scientific journal; possibly a degree of F.R.G.S.; or very probably a grave under the ice, with a grizzly bear for sexton."
From Run to Earth A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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 Samuel Smiles
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