Comer, George N. (George Nixon), -1877

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Dates:
Death 1877

Biographical notes:

Ship's captain.

Comer was captain of a whaling ship and collector of ethnographic artifacts of Hudson Bay Eskimos for the American Museum of Natural History. He lived from 1858 to 1937.

From the description of Journals, 1875-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511614

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Subjects:

  • Arctic peoples
  • Eskimos
  • Ethnological museums and collections
  • Ethnology
  • Excavations (Archaeology)
  • Indians of North America
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Whaling
  • Whaling
  • Whaling ships

Occupations:

  • Shipmasters

Places:

  • Hudson Bay (as recorded)
  • Greenland (as recorded)
  • Hudson Bay (as recorded)
  • Arctic regions (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
  • Arctic regions (as recorded)