This, then, is the story of how one of Britain’s most promising, skilled explorers struggled to find a place in Victorian science, unable to shake his love for the underdogs of the plant world.
The Public Domain Review shares the story of Richard Spruce, a Victorian botanist who never hit the big time.
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