Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen : biography 10 October 1861 - 13 May 1930 Oceanographer and traveller After a period of mourning, Nansen returned to London....
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen : biography 10 October 1861 - 13 May 1930 The RGS president, Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff, said that Nansen has claimed "the...
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen : biography 10 October 1861 - 13 May 1930 The expedition left Jason "in good spirits and with the highest hopes of a...
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen : biography 10 October 1861 - 13 May 1930 Student and adventurer In 1880 Nansen passed his university entrance examination, the...
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen : biography 10 October 1861 - 13 May 1930 To talk of the right of revolution in a society with full civil liberty,...
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen : biography 10 October 1861 - 13 May 1930 In 1954 the League's successor body, the United Nations, established the Nansen Medal, later...
George Vancouver
George Vancouver : biography 22 June 1757 - 10 May 1798 Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was an...
George Vancouver
George Vancouver : biography 22 June 1757 - 10 May 1798 Affiliations HMCS Vancouver Halifax-class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy TS Vancouver, Australian...
George Vancouver
George Vancouver : biography 22 June 1757 - 10 May 1798 George Vancouver named the south point of what is now Couverden Island, Alaska as...
George Vancouver
George Vancouver : biography 22 June 1757 - 10 May 1798 Memorials Various locations have been named after George Vancouver, notably: Vancouver...