William Scoresby Jr.

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:British_Royal_Navy
gptkb:British_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science
gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society
gptkb:Scottish_Society_of_Antiquaries
gptkb:Hudson's_Bay_Company
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Geographical_Society
Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkbp:born October 5, 1789
gptkbp:child gptkb:William_Scoresby_III
gptkbp:contribution Oceanographic studies
Meteorological studies
Whaling techniques
Scientific_observations_in_the_Arctic
Mapping_of_the_Arctic
gptkbp:died March 21, 1857
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:field Meteorology
Oceanography
Polar exploration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Scoresby Jr.
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Robert_Falcon_Scott
gptkb:Ernest_Shackleton
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:James_Clark_Ross
gptkbp:knownFor Contributions_to_Arctic_exploration
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Scoresby_Archipelago
gptkb:Scoresby_Peninsula
gptkb:Scoresby_Glacier
gptkb:Scoresby_Strait
gptkb:Scoresby_Ridge
Scoresby Bay
Scoresby Fjord
Scoresby Land
Scoresby Sound
Scoresby Island
Scoresby Channel
Scoresby Coast
Scoresby Mountain
Scoresby Sea
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork The_Arctic_Regions
gptkbp:occupation Explorer
Scientist
Whaler
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Yorkshire,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Scoresby
gptkbp:wrote The_History_of_the_Arctic_Regions
An_Account_of_the_Arctic_Regions
The_North_Atlantic_Sea