Explorer. born Nairn, Scotland.
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J. W. Fairholme
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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Reuben Male
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Henry Robertson Bowers
One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Lieutenant in the Navy. Nicknamed Birdie due to his beak-like nose.
3 memorials
Edgar Evans
Born Wales. Met Scott when both were serving in the Royal Navy. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Injured on the way to the pole he was the first to ...
2 memorials
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Born Kilkee, county Clare, Ireland. He led several Antarctic expeditions and located the South magnetic pole during his voyage of 1907-1909. Died of a heart attach on a voyage to the South Atlantic...
3 memorials
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Lord Loughborough
Lawyer and Lord Chancellor. Born Alexander Wedderburn, probably in Edinburgh. Called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1757, he served as Lord Chancellor from 1793 to 1801. Died in Stoke Poges, Buc...
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J. Wisden & Co
WC2, Cranbourn Street, 21
This is not the building that Wisden occupied in 1872 until his death there in 1884. Hidden London says "{The 1906 station's} Cranbourn S...
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