Robert Ernest Cheesman
British officer and explorer (1878-1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a 20th century army officer. For the subject of the portrait by Hans Holbein, see Robert Cheeseman.
Major Robert Ernest Cheesman CBE (1878, Ashford, Kent[1] – 13 February 1962) was an English military officer, explorer, ornithologist and author. He is noted for being one of the first to map the Arabian coast and credited with the discovery of a rodent, named after him, Cheesman's gerbil (Gerbillus cheesmani).