Freshfield, Douglas William, 1845-1934

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Douglas William Freshfield was born on 27 April 1845 in Hampstead. Educated at Eaton and Oxford he became an accomplished mountaineer, climbing extensively in the Alps. He published Exploration of the Caucasus in 1896. In 1914 he was appointed president of the Royal Geographical Society a post he occupied until 1917. He died in 1934.

In the summer of 1914 Freshfield corresponded with Lady Kathleen Scott, the widow of Antarctic Explorer Robert Falcon Scott regarding a memorial for him at the Royal Geographical Society.

From the guide to the Douglas Freshfield collection, 1914, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)
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referencedIn Colles, William Morris, 1855-1926. William Morris Colles papers, 1888-1928. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Douglas Freshfield collection, 1914 Scott Polar Research Institute
creatorOf Douglas Freshfield collection, 1914 Scott Polar Research Institute
referencedIn Authors' Syndicate, Ltd. Letters to the Authors' Syndicate, Ltd., 1895-1925. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Avebury, John Lubbock, 1st Baron, 1834-1913. Avebury Papers. A. General Correspondence, 1855-1911. Vol. XXIV (ff. 141). 1895. British Library
referencedIn Authors' Syndicate, Ltd. Letters to the Authors' Syndicate, Ltd., 1895-1925. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf SOCIETY OF AUTHORS ARCHIVE. Vol. CXXXIII (ff. 141). 1. ff. 1-16v. Mrs (afterwards Lady) J. G. Fraser (formerly Mrs Lily Grove); 1911-1916. 2. ff. 17-141. Douglas Freshfield; 1909-1915.includes:ff. 1-16v Lilly Frazer, alias Elisabeth Johanna; former..., 1909-1916 British Library
referencedIn William Morris Colles Papers, 1888-1928. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn William Woodville Rockhill papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Virginia Woolf Monk's House photograph album (MH-1), 1866-1914 and undated. Houghton Library
creatorOf Avebury, John Lubbock, 1st Baron, 1834-1913. Avebury Papers. B. Correspondence relating to Lord Avebury's collections and publications; 1866-1911, n.d. Vol. XLIII A (ff. 204). The Scenery of Switzerland, 1896; 1896-1905, n.d. British Library
referencedIn Sir William Rothenstein correspondence and other papers, 1887-1957. Houghton Library
referencedIn John F. Glaser collection of historical autograph letters and manuscripts, 1739-1933. Houghton Library
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associatedWith Scott Robert Falcon 1868-1912 person
associatedWith Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 person
associatedWith Young Kathleen 1878-1947 wife of 1st Baron Kennet sculptor person
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