John Murray

John Murray

male, deceased (1914)
Stirling High School, Stirling High School alumni, British road accident victim, University Marine Biological Station, Millport, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Challengerexpedition
Sir John Murray KCB (3 March 1841 – 6 March 1914) was a pioneering Scots-Canadian oceanographer and marine biologist. Murray was born at Cobourg, On...
Charles Wyville Thomson

Charles Wyville Thomson

male, deceased (1882)
professor, zoologist, Biologist, Scottish, Naturalist, zoology…Challengerexpedition
Professor Sir Charles Wyville Thomson (March 5, 1830 - March 10, 1882), professor of zoology and chief scientist on the Challenger expedition.
George Nares

George Nares

male, deceased (1915)
Fellow of the Royal Society, Explorer of the Arctic, British, north pole, arctic, greenland…Challengerexpedition, British Arctic Expedition
Admiral Sir George Strong Nares, KCB, RN (24 April 1831 - 15 January 1915) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer. He was the son of...
Henry Nottidge Moseley

Henry Nottidge Moseley

male, deceased (1891)
Halford Mackinder, Alumni of the University of London, Alumni of the University of Oxford, nature writer, Old Harrovian, University of Oxford…challenger, Notes by a Naturalist on the Challenger, Challengerexpedition, HMS Challenger
Henry Nottidge Moseley (14 november 1844 - 10 november 1891) was a British naturalist. He went on the expedition of HMS "Challenger" 1872-1876. He...
Halford John Mackinder

Halford John Mackinder

male, deceased (1947)
Old Epsomian, Challengerexpedition, zoology, English, political theory, economics
Sir Halford John Mackinder PC (February 15 1861 - March 6 1947), was an English geographer and geopolitician. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's...

Frank Evers Beddard

male
Oxford University, New College, Oxford, comparative anatomy, Linnean Medal, Guy's Hospital, prosector…Challengerexpedition
Frank Evers Beddard (19 June 1858- 14 July 1925) was a British zoologist. He won the Linnean Medal in 1916 for his book on oligochaetes. Beddard...

Franz Eilhard Schulze

male, deceased (1921)
zoologist, German, graz, anatomist, greifswald, rostock…Challengerexpedition, Albratoss Expedition
Franz Eilhard Schulze (1840-1921) was a German anatomist and zoologist who was born near Greifswald. In 1863 he received his doctorate from the...
William Evans Hoyle

William Evans Hoyle

male, deceased (1926)
challenger, albatross, National Museum of Wales, Challengerexpedition, Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, British National Antarctic Expedition
Dr William Evans Hoyle (January 28, 1855 - February 7, 1926) was the first director of the National Museum of Wales between 1909 and 1926. Trained...

Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov

male, deceased (1924)
Geologist, Archaeologist, Russian, zoology, scientist, ukrainian…Challengerexpedition
Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov (December 19, 1861-April 27, 1924) was a Russian geologist, stratigrapher, and palaeontologist of Ukrainian descent. He...
Francis Buchanan White

Francis Buchanan White

male, deceased (1894)
Halobates, Challenger Report, Challengerexpedition, hemiptera, from Perth, Scotland, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Francis Buchanan White (born 20 March, 1842, Perth - 3 December, 1894, Perth) was a Scottish entomologist. In 1883,Buchanan White redescribed the...