Person
Cherry-Garrard, Apsley G.B. (1886 - 1959)
- Born
- 2 January 1886
Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom - Died
- 18 May 1959
- Occupation
- Zoologist
Summary
Apsley Cherry-Garrard was the assistant zoologist on the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1913, led by R. F. Scott. He wrote quite a bit of material relating to this expedition. Cherry-Garrard was educated at the University of Oxford in England.
Details
Chronology
- 1910 - 1913
- Career position - Assistant Zoologist with the British Antarctic Expedition (Scott)
- 1914
- Career position - Medical expedition on schistosomiasis to China
- 1914 - 1916
- Career position - Commanded a squadron of armoured cars during the War
- 1916
- Career position - Successfully lobbied to stop the killing of penguins on Macquarie Island, which was declared a bird and seal sanctuary by Tasmanian Government
- 1916
- Career position - Invalided
- 1917
- Career position - Obtained certain reforms in treatment of invalided men
- 1922
- Career position - The Worst Journey in the World published
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Apsley G.B. Cherry-Garrard - Records, 1912 - 1916, ML MSS 3149; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q498976. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/22466752. Details
- 'Cherry-Garrard, Apsley (18860102-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-801235. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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