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William Scoresby

William Scoresby

English arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman

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Birthdate
October 5, 1789
Birthplace
Whitby
Whitby
Date of Death
March 21, 1857
Place of Death
Torquay
Torquay
Author of
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Discourses To Seamen
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The Arctic Whaling Journals Of William Scoresby The Younger
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Journal of a voyage to the northern whale-fishery
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Magnetical investigations. 2pt
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Magnetical investigations. Part I
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Narrative of an excursion upon the island of Jan Mayen
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The northern whale-fishery
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The 1823 log book of the ship Baffin from Liverpool
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Educated at
Queens' College, Cambridge
Queens' College, Cambridge
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00000001149187340
Open Library ID
OL1417053A0
VIAF
524726630

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Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Wikidata ID
Q969220
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William Scoresby was born on 5th October 1789 in Whitby, a town in England. He held citizenship in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Scoresby received his education at Queens' College, Cambridge.

He passed away on 21st March 1857 in Torquay, a coastal town in England. Throughout his life, William Scoresby was characterized as a person.

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