His father, William Scoresby (1760 - 1829), made a fortune in the Arctic whale fishery. The son made his first voyage with his father at the age of eleven,
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William Scoresby was born on 3rd May 1760, in the village of Cropton, twenty miles south west of Whitby, on a small farming estate called Nutholm. William Scoresby was born on 3rd May 1760, in the village of Cropton, twenty miles south west of Whitby, on a small farming estate called Nutholm. As there was no school...
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Captain William Scoresby of WHITBY,UK History of Whalers and whaling from the fishing port of Whitby,the history of deep sea fishing the Scoresby family and the whaling from whitby William Scoresby (senior), was born on 3rd May 1760, in the village of Cropton, twenty miles south west of Whitby, on a small farming...
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SCORESBY, William, English explorer, born in Cropton, Yorkshire, 5 October, 1790; died in Torquay, 21 March, 1857. His father, of the same name,
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Scoresby, William , 1789–1857, English arctic explorer and scientist. He made yearly voyages (1803–22) to Greenland, at first on his father's Scoresby, William. Journal of a Voyage to Australia for Magnetical Research. London: Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts, 1859.
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William Scoresby senior was born in 1760 in the village of Cropton, 20 miles south west of Whitby, on a small farming Estate called Nutholm. His attendance at school was rare because of the distance from is home and the weather condition encountered.
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Scoresby, William. Journal of a Voyage to Australia for Magnetical Research. London: Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts, 1859. Stamp, Tom, and Cordelia Stamp. William Scoresby, Arctic Scientist. Whitby, U.K.: Whitby Press, 1975.
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William Scoresby, Whitby. (Senior and Junior). Whalers from Whitby. Few names in the history of Arctic exploration are so well known as that of Captain William Scoresby.
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William Scoresby Junior (1789- 1857); To the arctic enthusiast thnea me of William Scores-by, F.R.S., needs no introduction. The author of An; He died at Torquay in 1857. While researching his records in preparation for his biography our respect and admiration for William; Scoresby grew apace, andw e marvelleda t...
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