Arthur Hinks collection 1920-1923

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Arthur Hinks collection 1920-1923

Correspondence (15 leaves)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6285080

Scott Polar Research Institute

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Bagshawe Thomas Wyatt 1901-1976

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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...

Wild John Robert Francis 1873-1939

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Hinks, Arthur Robert

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Arthur Robert Hinks was born on 26 May 1873 in London. He was educated at Whitgift Grammar School in Croydon and read mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1895, he was appointed demonstrator in practical astronomy in the university and second assistant at the Cambridge Observatory under Sir Robert Ball, serving as chief assistant between 1903 and 1913. In 1908, Hinks accepted the post of Royal Geographical Society lecturer in surveying and cartography at the Cambridge schoo...

Lester Maxime Charles 1891-1957

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Wilkins, George Hubert, Sir, 1888-1958

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Sir George Hubert Wilkins (b. October 31, 1888, Hallett, South Australia-d. November 30, 1958, Framingham, Massachusetts), polar explorer, geographer, photographer, and consultant for the United States Military. He was internationally recognized for his expeditions to the Arctic and Anarctic from 1913 to 1939. Wiklins was the navigator aboard the first airplane to fly over the Arctic Sea (1928); navigator aboard the first airplane to fly over the Antarctica (1933); and led the Nautilus sub...

Cope John Lachlan 1893-1947

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Hinks, Arthur R. (Arthur Robert), 1873-1945

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