Baikie

Baikie

Baikie (spr. Behki), der Afrikareisende, geb. 1825 zu Arbroath in Schottland, war Regierungsagent in Westafrika, um den Niger für Handelszwecke zu eröffnen, durchreiste das Innere Afrikas sechs Jahre lang u. legte dabei reiche naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen an; er st. 30. Nov. 1864 in Sierra Leone, auf seiner Rückkehr nach England begriffen.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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