Mary Agnes Wilson collection 1912

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Mary Agnes Wilson collection 1912

Correspondence (3 leaves)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6285678

Scott Polar Research Institute

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Mary Agnes Wilson

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Mary Agnes Wilson (nee Whishaw) married Edward Thomas Wilson. Their fifth child and second son, the Naturalist and Antarctic Explorer Edward Adrian, was born on 23 July 1872 (member of the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 and the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 both led by Robert Falcon Scott). From the guide to the Mary Agnes Wilson collection, 1912, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) ...

Wilson Mary Agnes

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British Antarctic Expedition (1898-1900)

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Wilson, Edward, 1872-1912

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Edward Adrian Wilson was born in Cheltenham, England on 23 July 1872, second son of a respected Cheltenham medical practitioner. He was educated at Cheltenham College and studied natural science and medicine at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and St. George's Hospital, London. In 1898, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and spent several months convalescing in Norway and Switzerland, giving him the opportunity to hone his skills as a watercolour artist and wildlife illustrator...