George Deacon collection 1937-1941

Discovery II (Research ship)

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Deacon, George, Sir, 1906-1984

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Deacon, who was born in Leicester on March 21, 1906, attended City Boys' School, Leicester, then King's College London to study chemistry. He graduated in 1926. In December 1927 he joined the discovery committee as sea-going chemist. Expeditions to Antarctic over the next 12 years. Wartime service with Admiralty researching submarine detection techniques and ocean waves and swell. In 1949 he was appointed first director of National Institute of Oceanogreaphy. Deacon served on numerous national a...

Deacon George Edward Raven 1906-1985

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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...

Discovery Investigations Antarctica 1927-1937

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Rudmose-Brown Robert Neal 1879-1954

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