Robert E. Peary Jr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Robert_E._Peary_Jr.
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Bowdoin_College
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Charles_P._Daly_Medal
gptkb:Cullum_Geographical_Medal
gptkb:Hubbard_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate May 6, 1856
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cresson,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:child gptkb:Marie_Ahnighito_Peary
gptkb:Robert_Edwin_Peary_Jr.
gptkbp:claimedAchievement first person to reach the North Pole
gptkbp:deathDate February 20, 1920
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:employer gptkb:United_States_Navy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Robert E. Peary Jr.
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Geographical_Society
gptkb:National_Geographic_Society
gptkbp:militaryRank Rear Admiral
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:1908–1909_North_Pole_expedition
gptkb:1898–1902_Arctic_expedition
Greenland expeditions
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:explorer
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Northward_Over_the_Great_Ice
gptkb:The_North_Pole:_Its_Discovery_in_1909_by_the_Peary_Expedition
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Josephine_Diebitsch_Peary
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_E._Peary
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6