Vincent Baddeley collection 1932

Baddeley, Vincent

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Vincent Wilberforce Baddeley was born on 24 September 1874. He was educated at Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Oxford. In 1897, he was appointed clerk in the War Office, later transferring to the secretariat of the Admiralty two years later. Between 1901 and 1911, Baddeley served as private secretary to successive First Lords of the Admiralty, later advancing through the Admiralty to the position of First Principal Assistant secretary (1921-1931) and Deputy Secretary of the Admiralty (...

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...

Arctic Air Route Expedition 1930-1931

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Watkins, Henry George, 1907-1932

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