Edward Augustus Inglefield
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield, KCB DCL FRS ( born March 27, 1820 Cheltenham; † 5 September 1894 in London ) was a British admiral and Arctic explorer.
Life
Inglefield was already in 1834 for the Royal Navy and was a graduate of the Royal Naval College in Portsmouth. In 1840 he took part in naval exercises in Sidon in Lebanon today and then found uses in units of the Royal Navy in South America, where he was promoted as commander of HMS Comus on the Río Paraná to the Commander.
He went in 1852 on behalf of Lady Jane Franklin to Barrow Street to take part in the search operation for the British Arctic explorer John Franklin in the territory of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and bring the relief supplies Squadron located there. Then he examined the northern coasts of Baffin Bay. He named after Francis Egerton 1852 Ellesmere Iceland, 1st Earl of Ellesmere.
On August 16 he reached Upernavik and penetrated the Smith Sound (up 78 ° 28 ' 21'' north latitude ). John Ross had claimed that the local road is enclosed by mountains, but found Inglefield it open, thereby rejecting all subsequent expeditions the right way. Even the Jonessund he took up to 84 ° 10 ' west longitude.
1853 and 1854 he was again on his way to pick up stranded teams at the Beechey Island, and return to the UK.
1875 Inglefield was, who was, from 1872 to 1877 superintendent of the shipyards in Malta (Malta Dockyards ) promoted to Vice Admiral. Subsequently, he was from 1878 to 1879 Commander in Chief of the Royal Navy in North America.
Inglefield was awarded the gold medal for his achievements by the Royal Geographical Society in London and was also a Fellow of the Royal Society. In addition, he was Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath and led henceforth the additional name "Sir".
Sir Edward Inglefield August died on 5 September 1894 in London.
Works
- Report on the Return of the Isabel from the Arctic regions. In: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1853, p 136
- A Summer Search for Sir John Franklin. London 1853