Rowett, Julie

Julie Rowett was the wife of John Quiller Rowett the friend of Ernest Henry Shackleton who provided financial support for the Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-1922 (leader Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton) to the Southern Ocean. Mrs. Rowett proof-read Frank Wild's account of the expedition, Shackleton's last voyage, published in 1923.

From the guide to the Julie Rowett collection, 1922-1923, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)