Sir Vivian Fuchs

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Founder's_Medal_of_the_Royal_Geographical_Society
gptkb:Patron's_Medal_of_the_Royal_Geographical_Society
Knighthood
gptkbp:birthDate 1908-02-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Freshwater,_Isle_of_Wight,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Hilary_Fuchs
gptkb:Peter_Fuchs
gptkbp:coauthor gptkb:Sir_Edmund_Hillary
gptkbp:coLeaderOfExpedition gptkb:Sir_Edmund_Hillary
gptkbp:deathDate 1999-11-11
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:director gptkb:Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey
British Antarctic Survey
gptkbp:expeditionLeaderOf gptkb:Commonwealth_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
gptkbp:fieldOfWork geology
polar exploration
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_Vivian_Ernest_Fuchs
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Vivian Fuchs
gptkbp:knighted 1958
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Commonwealth_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Royal_Artillery
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableAchievement First overland crossing of Antarctica via the South Pole
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:explorer
gptkb:geologist
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Of_Ice_and_Men
gptkb:The_Crossing_of_Antarctica
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Joyce_Connell
gptkbp:termAsDirectorOfBritishAntarcticSurvey 1958-1973
gptkbp:transAntarcticExpeditionYear 1955-1958
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5