Andrew Nelson collection 1930-1933

Nelson, Andrew Laidlaw

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Andrew Laidlaw Nelson was born in 1904 at Clydebank, Scotland. He joined the Merchant Navy and was a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve when he joined the Discovery Committee, serving as navigator, first officer and finally captain of Discovery II between 1929 and 1935. In addition to these duties, he was responsible for organizing surveys of the South Sandwich Islands, the South Orkney Islands and part of the South Shetland Islands. He was co-author, with Stanley Wells Kemp, of ...

Discovery Investigations (Firm) Antarctic regions 1924-1951

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Discovery II (Ship)

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Mackintosh, Neil Alison, 1900-1974

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Neil Alison Mackintosh was born on 19 August 1900 in Hampstead, London. He was educated at Westminster School and Imperial College, London, and after graduation he acted as demonstrator in zoology. In 1924, he was appointed to the staff of the Discovery Investigations, establishing the Marine Biological Station at Grytviken, South Georgia, where he spent two periods, from 1924 to 1926 and from 1926 to 1927. He served with RRS William Scoresby for part of her first commission, markin...

Nelson Andrew Laidlaw 1904-1958

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