Person:William Parry (12)

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Sir William Edward Parry
b.19 Dec 1790 Bath, Somerset, England
d.8 Jul 1855
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Name[1] Sir William Edward Parry
Gender Male
Birth[1] 19 Dec 1790 Bath, Somerset, England
Marriage 23 Oct 1826 to Isabella Maria Stanley
Death[1] 8 Jul 1855
Reference Number Q437310 (Wikidata)


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Sir William Edward Parry (19 December 1790 – 8 July 1855) was an Anglo-Welsh explorer of the Arctic best known for his 1819–1820 expedition through the Parry Channel, probably the most successful in the long quest for the Northwest Passage, until it was finally negotiated by Roald Amundsen in 1906.

In 1827, Parry attempted one of the earliest expeditions to the North Pole. He reached 82° 45' N, setting a record for human exploration Farthest North that stood for nearly five decades before being surpassed at 83° 20' N by Albert Hastings Markham in 1875.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 William Parry (explorer), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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