Identificatie
Soort entiteit
Persoon
Geauthoriseerde naam
Wollaston, Alexander Frederick Richmond (1875-1930), naturalist and explorer
Parallelle vormen van de naam
- Sandy Wollaston
Gestandaardiseerde naamvorm(en) volgens andere regels.
Aandere naamsvormen
Identificatiecode voor organisaties
Beschrijving
Bestaansperiode
22 May 1875 - 3 June 1930
Geschiedenis
Dr Alexander 'Sandy' Wollaston was the Medical Officer and Naturalist of the 1921 British Mount Everest Expedition. He was killed by a student in Cambridge in 1930.
Sandy Wollaston was an English medical doctor, ornithologist, botanist, climber and explorer and part of the 1921 Expedition to Everest. After qualifying as a surgeon in 1903, Wollaston decided to spend his life on exploration and natural history, travelling extensively; he wrote books about his travels and work, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1907. He took up an offer from John Maynard Keynes to be a tutor at Cambridge. He was shot dead by Douglas Potts, a deranged undergraduate student, in Cambridge in 1930.
Plaatsen
Rechtsvorm
Functies, beroepen en activiteiten
Mandaat/bronnen van bevoegdheid
Interne structuren / genealogie
Algemene context
relaties
Access points area
Onderwerp trefwoord
Geografische trefwoorden
Occupations
Beheer
Authority record identifier
Identificatiecode van de instelling
Toegepaste regels en/of conventies
Status
Niveau van detaillering
Datering van aanmaak, herziening of verwijdering
Taal (talen)
Schrift(en)
Bronnen
Wikipedia