Robert Peary
Military Person
1856 – 1920
Who was Robert Peary?
Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. was an American explorer who claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909. Peary's claim was widely credited for most of the 20th century, rather than the competing claim by Frederick Cook, who said he got there a year earlier. Both claims were widely debated in newspapers until 1913.
Modern historians generally think Cook did not reach the pole. Based on an evaluation of Peary's records by Wally Herbert, also a polar explorer, he concluded in a 1989 book that Peary did not reach the pole, although he may have been as close as 60 miles. His conclusions have been widely accepted.
The first undisputed explorers to walk on the North Pole ice were documented in 1969 during a British expedition led by British explorer Wally Herbert.
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- Born
- May 6, 1856
Cresson - Also known as
- Robert E. Peary
- Robert Edwin Peary
- Adm. Robert E. Peary
- Spouses
- Josephine Diebitsch Peary
(1888/08/11 - 1920/02/20)
- Josephine Diebitsch Peary
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bowdoin College
- Portland High School
- Lived in
- Maine
- Pittsburgh
- Died
- Feb 20, 1920
Washington, D.C. - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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