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Marston, George

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Personal name headingMarston, George
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Associated countryEngland
Associated placeAntarctica
Birth date18820319
Death date19401122
Place of birthSouthsea (Portsmouth, England)
Place of deathTaunton (England)
Field of activityAntarctica
AffiliationBritish Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909) Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917)
Profession or occupationArtists
Found inLCCN 13-12986: Aurora australis, 1908 (hdg.: Marston, George; usage: George Marston)
Cool Antarctica, Sept. 29, 2014: (George E. Marston (1882-1940); George Edward Marston, artist Nimrod 1907-09, artist Endurance 1914-17; George Marston was born in Southsea, Portsmouth on the 19th of March 1882; Marston took part in three sledging journeys on the Nimrod expedition, including an ascent of Mount Erebus. He was a graduate of the Regent Street Polytechnic art school in London and joined the Nimrod expedition; He contributed several lithographs to the "Aurora Australis" ... and several paintings to "The Heart of the Antarctic"; Marston died on the 22nd of November 1940 in Taunton)
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