Tag: science and empire

• Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell (1877–1918), Science, Service, and a Life of Exceptional Promise

  Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell stands out within my family history as a figure whose life moved far beyond the rural landscapes of Mid Wales into the international worlds of science, medicine, and imperial service. Though his career was cut short by the First World War, the scale of his intellectual achievement, and the geographical breadth…

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  21/01/2026

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  Antony David Davies, British biologists, Edwardian medicine, Edwardian scientists, First World War medical service, Herbert George Flaxman Spurrell, history, history of zoology, Llyfnant Valley families, medicine, Merton College Oxford, Old Llyfnant Valley Farming Families, Oxford scientists, philosophy, Royal Air Force medical board, science, science and empire, South American exploration, Spurrell family, University of New Orleans, Welsh family history, Welsh genealogy, West Africa exploration, writing, zoological discovery