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Margary may refer to:
- Augustus Raymond Margary, British diplomat and explorer
- Ivan Donald Margary, British historian of ancient Roman
Usage examples of "margary".
The linguist and plant collector Augustus Margary survived toothache, rheumatism, pleurisy, and dysentery while sailing the Yangtze, only to be murdered when he completed his mission and travelled beyond Bhamo, in Burma.
Chang, the successor, though not, of course, the immediate successor, of Li-Sieh-tai, who was concerned in the murder of Margary and the repulse of the expedition under Colonel Horace Browne in 1875.
It was here that Margary, the British Consular Agent, was murdered in 1875.
The people were very amiable, and I found on all sides the same courtesy and kindliness that Margary describes on his first visit.
Manyuen, as I have mentioned, that Margary met his death on February 21st, 1875.
The folly of it was seen in the murder of Margary and the repulse of Colonel Horace Browne, whose expedition was driven back at Tsurai within sight of Manyuen.