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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...

Goodenough, William, Sir, 1867-1945

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William Edward Goodenough

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William Edmund Goodenough was born on 2 June 1867 at Portsmouth. In 1880, he joined the Royal Navy as naval cadet in HMS Britannia, advancing to midshipman in 1882 and lieutenant in 1889. After serving in the Mediterranean and China Station, he was promoted commander in 1900 and captain in 1905, commanding the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth between 1905 and 1907. During the First World War, he saw action at Heligoland Bight in August 1914 and Dogger Bank in January 1915, and took ...

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...