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1873. Contract Surveyor, Victoria, Australia, 1902; District Surveyor, Negri Sembilan, since 1903. Ad dress: Seremban, Negri Sembilan, ́ Federated Malaỷ States.
RICHARDSON, Thomas William (SWATOW), Merchant; b. Edinburgh, Nov., 1834; m. Aug., 1861, Ellen M. Porter, of Salem, Mass. Educ.: Scottish Naval and Military Ac- ademy; Edinburgh University. Ar- rived in Hongkong, April, 1855, and went same year to Canton; in 1856, was sent to Takow, Formosa; in 1857, joined firm of Tait and Co., of Amoy ; in 1860, commenced business at Swatow in conjunction with C. W. Bradley, under the style of Bradley and Co., and has since been con- nected with that port. Address: Swatow, China; Richardson's, Billi- ter Square Buildings, London, E.C.; 27, Roland Gardens, London, S.W.
RIDDEL, Rev. William (WUKINGFU),
M.A., Aberdeen, 1874, M.B., C.M., 1881, M.D. 1860; b. March 5, 1853; m. to Frances Spark, Nov. 27, 1882. Educ.: Public School, Leochel- Cushaie; Grammar School, Old Aberdeen, and University. Since completion of education has been in the service of English Presbyte- rian Church as Missionary to the Hakka Chinese in Chaochow and Hweichow, and at present is in charge of the Mission Hospital at Wukingfu, about sixty miles in- land from Swatow. Publication
Map of the neighbourhood of Swatow. Address: E.P. Mission, Swatow, China.
RIDGE, William Sheldon (SHANGHAI),
B.A., F.G.S., F.R.G.S.; School
master; b. Jan. 10, 1875; m. Mary
Lonisa, e.d. of J. Craven, of Selby, Yorkshire. Educ.: Woodhouse Grove; University of Leeds. First Head Master, Chinese Public School; Hon. Librarian and Mem- ber of Council, N.C.B.R.A.S.; hon. assistant Secretary, International
Red Cross Society, Shanghai.
Publications: Magazine Articles ou Geography, Geology, and An- thropology. Address: Chinese Public School, Shanghai, China.
RIDLER, Rev. Herbert Buller (Foo- CHOW), Minister and Missionary ;
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b. 1872. Educ.: Modern School,
Woking; C.M. Society's College, London, N. Is associated with the C.M. Society. Address: Foochow,
China.
RIDLEY, Henry Nicholas (SINGA-
PORE), M.A., F.L.S., F.R.H.S., F.S.A. Director of Gardens; b.
Dec. 10, 1855. Educ.: Haileybury, Exeter College, Oxford. Held Bur- dett-Coutts Geological Scholarship, Oxford; entered British Museum,
Botanical Department; Expedition to Fernando de Noronha, Brazil, for Royal Society, 1886; became
Director of Gardens and Forests,
Straits Settlements, 1888; hon. Secretary, Straits branch, · Royaľ Asiatic Society; visited Christmas and Cocos Islands as commissioner
for Straits Government, 1890, made collecting expeditions to various parts of Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and Christmas Island, 1904; corresponding Member Phar- maceutical Society and Zoological Society; Member of Society for Phy-
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