Alexander Stevens collection 1914-1929

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Alexander Stevens collection 1914-1929

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Expedition material (1 volume, 53 leaves) and correspondence (6 leaves)

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Scott Polar Research Institute

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Scott Polar Research Institute

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Mackintosh, A. L. A. (Aeneas Lionel Acton), 1879-1916

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Stenhouse, Joseph Russell, 1887-1941

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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917). Ross Sea Party

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Stevens, Alexander

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Alexander O. Stevens was born on 11 January 1886 in Scotland. Graduating with an arts degree from Glasgow University in 1907, he taught at Stornaway before returning to Glasgow to study science. After graduating with a distinction in geology in 1913, he worked as an assistant in the department of geography before joining the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition [Ross Sea Party], 1914-1917 (leader Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton), as geologist and chief of scientific staff. He participate...

Stevens, Alexander, 1886-1965

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Mill, Hugh Robert, 1861-1950

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Hugh Robert Mill was born at Thurso, Scotland, on 28 May 1861. He read chemistry and physics at Edinburgh University and specialised in marine chemistry, working on the scientific reports of the Challenger expedition under Sir John Murray. In 1887, he became lecturer in geography and physiography at Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, and four years later, published The realm of nature, an important textbook of scientific geography. In 1892, he was appointed librarian of the Royal Geogr...