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Priestley's Progress - The Life of Sir Raymond Priestley, Antarctic Explorer, Scientist, Soldier, Academician (Paperback)
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Priestley's Progress - The Life of Sir Raymond Priestley, Antarctic Explorer, Scientist, Soldier, Academician (Paperback)
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This first biography of Sir Raymond Priestley is well overdue, and
its absence can only be explained by the scale of research
necessary to cover the breadth and variety of his achievements over
a very long and active life. It will be of interest across a wide
range of disciplines, especially to those for whom the "Heroic Age"
of Antarctic Exploration has a particular fascination. His
involvement as a member of both Sir Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod and
Robert Scott's Terra Nova Expeditions, during which he played a
full and, on occasions, life threatening role was followed
immediately by service in the First World War during which his
gallantry was recognized by the award of a Military Medal;
thereafter he made a further significant contribution in writing
both the Official History of the British Army Signal Service and
the History of the 46th (North Midland) Division in which he
served. After the war, whilst at the University of Cambridge, he
played a leading role in the establishment of the Scott Polar
Research Institute followed by appointments as Vice-Chancellor of
the Universities of Melbourne and then Birmingham, as well as
helping to establish the University of the West Indies. Later he
received a knighthood for his services to education. During his
retirement, a complete misnomer in his case, he went with His Royal
Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh, as an Antarctic expert on the RY
Britannia followed closely as the British Observer on the American
Deep Freeze IV Expedition during his tenure as Acting Director of
the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (later, the British
Antarctic Survey). It was no surprise that, against this
background, he was invited to become President of the Royal
Geographical Society. Despite the demands made upon him, he
maintained a strong and active interest in his family's affairs
throughout the whole of his life.
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