Alexander Frederick Richmond Wollaston was an English medical doctor, ornithologist, botanist, climber and explorer. After qualifying as a surgeon in 1903, Wollaston decided to spend his life on exploration and natural history, travelling extensively; he wrote books about his travels and work, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1907. As a tutor at King's College, Cambridge, he was shot dead by a deranged student.
- Occupation
- physician, explorer, ornithologist, surgeon
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- 1875
- Died
- June 3, 1930, 1930
