Person    | Male  Born 23/7/1872  Died /3/1912

Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson

Categories: Exploring, Medicine

Countries: Arctic & Antarctic

Born Cheltenham. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Cheltenham honours Wilson with a statue on the Promenade and an exhibition in the town museum.

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Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson

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Captain Scott statue

Sculpted by Kathleen Scott, his widow. There is a replica, in Christchurch, N...

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Henry Robertson Bowers - SW16

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