Richard Spruce was an English botanist specializing in bryology. One of the great Victorian botanical explorers, Spruce spent 15 years exploring the Amazon from the Andes to its mouth, and was one of the first Europeans to visit many of the places where he collected specimens. Spruce discovered and named a number of new plant species, and corresponded with some of the leading botanists of the nineteenth century.
Richard Spruce 1864 taken upon his return from Brazil
Memorial on the house in Coneysthorpe (North Yorkshire) where Spruce spent his last years
St Peter's School is a co-educational private boarding and day school, in the English City of York, with extensive grounds on the banks of the River Ouse. Founded by St Paulinus of York in ADÂ 627, it is considered to be the third oldest school in the world although some historians take a more sceptical view. It is part of the York Boarding Schools Group.
St Peter's School, York
St Peter's School, York
St Peter's School, York in c. 1870