
Robert Peary
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 104 years ago |
Date of birth | May 6,1856 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Cresson |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | February 20,1920 |
Died | Washington |
D.C. | |
United States | |
Nationality | American |
Children | Robert Edwin Peary, Jr. |
Kali Peary | |
Marie Ahnighito Peary | |
Robert Peary Jr. | |
Awards | Hubbard Medal |
Patron's Gold Medal | |
Charles P. Daly Medal | |
Cullum Geographical Medal | |
Spouse | Josephine Diebitsch Peary |
Parents | Charles N. Peary |
Mary P. Peary | |
Books | Northward Over the Great Ice |
Movies/Shows | Glory and Honor |
The Prize of the Pole | |
Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 420172 |
Robert Peary Life story
Robert Edwin Peary Sr. was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for, in April 1909, leading an expedition that claimed to be the first to have reached the geographic North Pole.