Person foreign resident
Leacock
foreign resident
English resident of Madeira whose microscope preparations of phylloxera showed Almeida e Brito that the insect had no hibernating stage on the island. This person sat on the English committees that ran the Santo António da Serra pilgrims' house until 1832. A Mrs. Leacock, sister of Mrs. Minet, received a letter from her in 1860.
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- Phylloxera — English resident whose microscope preparations of phylloxera showed Almeida e Brito the insect had no hibernating stage in Madeira.
- Napoleon — Sister of Mrs. Minet and recipient of her 1860 letter.
- Pilgrims’ houses — Member of the English committees that ran the Santo António da Serra pilgrims' house until 1832.
3Places mentioned
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