Richard Pearson
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Richard Pearson (1838/9-1859) was an uncle of the famous statistician Karl Pearson (1857-1936).
His epitaph in Crambe churchyard reads as follows:
RICHARD PEARSON
YOUNGEST SON OF
THOMAS PEARSON
DIED OF JUNGLE FEVER
ON HIS VOYAGE FROM
CALCUTTA TO LONDON
6TH MARCH 1859
IN HIS 21ST YEAR
AND WAS BURIED AT SEA
We know from other sources that he died on the Agamemnon.
Further information about Richard Pearson and what he was doing in Inida, and/or the Agamemnon is requested by user [[johnbibby]