Leonard Hussey

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Gender	Male
Death	60 years ago
Date of birth	May 6,1891
Zodiac sign	Taurus
Born	Leytonstone
	London
	United Kingdom
Date of died	February 25,1964
Died	King's College Hospital
	London
	United Kingdom
Spouse	Muriel Hellstrom
Siblings	Maude Hussey
	Blance Hussey
	May Hussey
	Daisy Hussey
	Beatrice Hussey
Parents	Eliza Hussey
	James Hussey
Job	Physician
	Meteorologist
Education	University of London
	Strand School
Awards	Order of the British Empire
	OBE
Date of Reg.	2019-02-23 10:53:39
Date of Upd.	2023-07-16 00:40:21
ID	461717

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Leonard Hussey Life story

Leonard Duncan Albert Hussey, OBE was an English meteorologist, archaeologist, explorer, medical doctor and member of Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic and Shackleton–Rowett Expeditions. During the latter, he was with Shackleton at his death, and transported the body part-way back to England.

Endurance: 'Finest wooden shipwreck I've ever seen'

Mar 9,2022 2:12 pm

... In particular, there was the hole they cut through the deck in order to get into " The Billabong" the cabin in " The Ritz" that had been used by Hurley, Leonard Hussey (meteorologist), James McIlroy (surgeon) and Alexander Macklin (surgeon), but which was used to store food supplies at the time the ship went down...