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Priestley's Progress The Life of Sir Raymond Priestley, Antarctic Explorer, Scientist, Soldier, Academician

Bullock Mike
Heftet / 2017 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780786478057
Publisert
2017-07-14
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McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
277 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
11 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Engelsk
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Heftet

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Bullock Mike

Biographical note

The late Mike Bullock was a retired bank director. He lived in Warwickshire, England.

Priestley's Progress The Life of Sir Raymond Priestley, Antarctic Explorer, Scientist, Soldier, Academician

Bullock Mike
Heftet / 2017 / Engelsk
Bullock Mike
Heftet / 2017 / Engelsk
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This first ever biography of Antarctic explorer Sir Raymond Priestley (1886-1974) covers his full (at times life-threatening) involvement with Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1907-1909 Nimrod Expedition and Robert Scott's 1910-1913 Terra Nova Expedition. Priestley's service with the British 46th Division during World War I won him the Military Cross for gallantry. After the war, he played a leading role in establishing the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge. He was later appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne and then of the University of Birmingham and also helped establish the University of the West Indies. He received a knighthood for his services to education. During retirement--a misnomer in his case--he went with the Duke of Edinburgh on the Royal Yacht Britannia as an Antarctic expert and joined the American Deep Freeze IV Expedition during his tenure directing the British Antarctic Survey. Despite the demands of his career, Priestley remained an involved family man throughout.
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This first biography of Sir Raymond Priestley is well overdue, and its absence can only be explained by the scale of research necessary to cover the breadth and variety of his achievements over a very long and active life. It will be of interest across a wide range of disciplines, especially to those for whom the ""Heroic Age"" of Antarctic Exploration has a particular fascination.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction  1. The Priestley Family in Tewkesbury—Early Days  2. University College, Bristol  3. Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition  4. Between Expeditions  5. Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition—The Northern Party  6. The First World War—The British Army Signal Service  7. Cambridge University—Scott Polar Research Institute  8. Vice-Chancellor—Melbourne University  9. ­Vice-Chancellor—Birmingham University 10. The Commission for Higher Education in the Colonies 11. Acting Director—Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 12. West Antarctica on the RY Britannia 13. American Deep Freeze IV Expedition 14. President, Royal Geographical Society 15. Along the Way 16. Later Life Appendix I. 46th (North Midland) Division During the Hundred Days Appendix II. The 1907–1909 British Antarctic Expedition Appendix III. The McMurdo Sound Region Appendix IV. The 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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This first ever biography of Antarctic explorer Sir Raymond Priestley (1886-1974) covers his full (at times life-threatening) involvement with Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1907-1909 Nimrod Expedition and Robert Scott's 1910-1913 Terra Nova Expedition. Priestley's service with the British 46th Division during World War I won him the Military Cross for gallantry. After the war, he played a leading role in establishing the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge. He was later appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne and then of the University of Birmingham and also helped establish the University of the West Indies. He received a knighthood for his services to education. During retirement--a misnomer in his case--he went with the Duke of Edinburgh on the Royal Yacht Britannia as an Antarctic expert and joined the American Deep Freeze IV Expedition during his tenure directing the British Antarctic Survey. Despite the demands of his career, Priestley remained an involved family man throughout.
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This first biography of Sir Raymond Priestley is well overdue, and its absence can only be explained by the scale of research necessary to cover the breadth and variety of his achievements over a very long and active life. It will be of interest across a wide range of disciplines, especially to those for whom the ""Heroic Age"" of Antarctic Exploration has a particular fascination.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction  1. The Priestley Family in Tewkesbury—Early Days  2. University College, Bristol  3. Shackleton’s Nimrod Expedition  4. Between Expeditions  5. Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition—The Northern Party  6. The First World War—The British Army Signal Service  7. Cambridge University—Scott Polar Research Institute  8. Vice-Chancellor—Melbourne University  9. ­Vice-Chancellor—Birmingham University 10. The Commission for Higher Education in the Colonies 11. Acting Director—Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 12. West Antarctica on the RY Britannia 13. American Deep Freeze IV Expedition 14. President, Royal Geographical Society 15. Along the Way 16. Later Life Appendix I. 46th (North Midland) Division During the Hundred Days Appendix II. The 1907–1909 British Antarctic Expedition Appendix III. The McMurdo Sound Region Appendix IV. The 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780786478057
Publisert
2017-07-14
Utgiver
Vendor
McFarland & Co Inc
Vekt
277 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
11 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Bullock Mike

Biographical note

The late Mike Bullock was a retired bank director. He lived in Warwickshire, England.

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