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Boyd, Louise Arner, 1887-1972

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Personal name headingBoyd, Louise Arner, 1887-1972
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Variant(s)Boyd, Louise, 1887-1972
Boyd, Louise A. (Louise Arner), 1887-1972
Birth date1887-09-16
Death date1972-09-14
Place of birthSan Rafael (Calif.)
Place of deathSan Francisco (Calif.)
Field of activityArctic regions--Discovery and exploration Greenland--Description and travel Poland--Description and travel
Profession or occupationExplorers
Found inAmerican Geographical Society of New York. WiesĖ polska roku 1934 w fotografii Louise Arner Boyd ... 1987?: t.p. (Louise Arner Boyd) p. 10 (b. Sept.16,1887) p. 18 (d. Sept.14, 1970)
NUCMC data from Marin Co. Hist. Soc. (San Rafael, Calif.) for Her Papers, ca. 1920s-1930s (Louise A. Boyd (1887-1972); papers pertain to explorations of Greenland she organized in the 1920s and 1930s)
The fiord region of east Greenland, 1935: t.p. (Louise A. Boyd)
Wikipedia, Jan. 7, 2009 (Louise Boyd; Louise Arner Boyd; b 1887 in San Rafael, Calif.; d. San Francisco, 1972; an American explorer of the Arctic, and at the age of sixty-eight became the first woman to fly over the North Pole).
Wikipedia, 23 Sept. 2020 (Louise Arner Boyd; b. 16 Sep. 1887 in San Rafel, CA; d. 14 Sep. 1972 in San Francisco, CA; American explorer of Greenland and the Arctic; also traveled across the US by car, which she detailed in journals, and traveled through Poland (incl. areas now in Ukraine and Belarus), photographing and recording the customs, dress, economy, culture; published multiple books of findings and photographs from expeditions to Greenland and the Arctic)
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