Monuments to Edward Wilson in Cheltenham

Edward Adrian Wilson was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England on 23 July 1872. He attended Cheltenham College and then proceeded to Cambridge where he read natural sciences and to St George's Hospital, London where he trained in medicine. His name is best known because of his participat...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: King, Carolyn
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2010
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Antarctic
South Pole
Antarc*
Polar Record
South pole
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409990544
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247409990544
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Summary:Edward Adrian Wilson was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England on 23 July 1872. He attended Cheltenham College and then proceeded to Cambridge where he read natural sciences and to St George's Hospital, London where he trained in medicine. His name is best known because of his participation in Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expeditions of. 1901–1904 and 1910–1913. He reached the South Pole with Scott on 17 January 1912 and died with him on the return journey on or after 29 March 1912.

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