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Jul 13, 2024 · Robert Falcon Scott was a British naval officer and explorer who led the famed ill-fated second expedition to reach the South Pole (1910–12). Scott joined the Royal Navy in 1880 and by 1897 had become a first lieutenant. While commanding an Antarctic expedition on the HMS Discovery (1901–04), he
3 days ago · Grey rocks, and greyer sea, And surf along the shore- And in my heart a name My lips shall speak no more. The high and lonely hills Endure the darkening year- Charles G. D. Roberts
2 days ago · He served with the U.S. Army in Mexico (1847-48) as Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Alabama Battalion of Foot, was superintendent of the Mobile and Girard Railroad, and an Alabama planter. He enrolled as Captain of his battery in early June 1861.
Jul 17, 2024 · Charles McNeill Gray, mayor of Chicago; Robert Gray, sea captain and explorer; William Halsey Jr., Fleet Admiral during World War II in the Pacific theater; Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury
2 days ago · Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Annie Awards for his role as both Yakko and Pinky in the Animaniacs franchise.
3 days ago · The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series that ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham.. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and covers the rise of a fictional shipping company, the Onedin Line, named after its owner captain James Onedin.
2 days ago · Esek Hopkins was an established Sea Captain and Brigadier General of Militia from Rhode Island who was named commodore and commander in chief of the Continental Navy in 1776. He disregarded his instructions from Congress to take the fleet to cruise the Southern colonies, instead attacking British colonial holdings in the Caribbean in the Battle of Nassau .
