Charles E. Peary

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Explorer
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Navy_Cross
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Geographical_Society
gptkbp:born May 3, 1856
gptkbp:children gptkb:Marie_Peary
gptkb:Robert_Peary_Jr.
gptkbp:controversy Criticism of his methods
Debate over his navigation techniques
Skepticism about his expedition reports
Disputed_claim_of_reaching_the_North_Pole
gptkbp:died February 20, 1920
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy Cartography
Environmental science
Ethnography
Geology
Meteorology
Navigation
Oceanography
Surveying
Polar exploration
History of exploration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles E. Peary
gptkbp:influence Inspiration for future explorers
Promotion of scientific research in polar regions
Advocacy_for_Arctic_preservation
Impact_on_Arctic_policy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Richard_E._Byrd
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Fridtjof_Nansen
gptkbp:knownFor Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:legacy Peary's_contributions_to_Arctic_science
Peary_Channel_in_Greenland
Peary_Glacier_in_Greenland
Peary_Land_in_Greenland
Peary_Monument_in_New_York
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableEvent Claimed_to_have_reached_the_North_Pole
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Peary's_1909_North_Pole_expedition
gptkb:Peary's_1898_expedition_to_Greenland
Peary's_1905_expedition_to_the_Arctic
Peary's_1906_expedition_to_the_Arctic
Peary's_1908_expedition_to_the_Arctic
gptkbp:occupation Anthropologist
Geographer
Naval officer
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Cresson,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Josephine_Diebitsch_Peary