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.
From Time Magazine Archive
F.R.G.S., who had just returned from the region of the Congo, related the following curious incident before the Anthropological Institute, in January, 1884.
From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy
By David Kay, F.R.G.S., author of "Education and Educators," etc.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix
—Captain Wiggins, F.R.G.S., lectured at Norwich, upon his experiences in the Arctic Seas and Siberia.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles
"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 Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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