Priestley's Progress
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7805-7 (ISBN)
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.
The late Mike Bullock was a retired bank director. He lived in Warwickshire, England.
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.07.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 10 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 277 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-7805-5 / 0786478055 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-7805-7 / 9780786478057 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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