
George Pollard Jr.
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 154 years ago |
Date of birth | July 18,1791 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Nantucket |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Date of died | January 7,1870 |
Died | Nantucket |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Job | Sailor |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 558703 |
George Pollard Jr. Life story
George Pollard Jr. was the captain of the whalers Essex and Two Brothers, both of which sank. Pollard's life, including his encounter with the sperm whale that sank Essex, served as inspiration for Captain Ahab, the whale-obsessed character in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.