| LC control no. | no 90024841 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Markham, Albert Hastings, Sir, 1841-1918 |
| Variant(s) | Markham, Albert H., 1841-1918 |
| Associated place | Vanuatu Arctic regions Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands) Baffin Bay (North Atlantic Ocean) Barents Sea |
| Birth date | 1841-11-11 |
| Death date | 1918-10-28 |
| Place of birth | Bagnères-de-Bigorre (France) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Discoveries in geography |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Royal Navy Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Great Britain. Royal Navy--Officers Explorers Authors |
| Found in | Davis, J. The voyages and works of ... 1880: t.p. (Albert Hastings Markham) LC in OCLC, 11/16/90 (hdg.: Markham, Albert Hastings, Sir, 1841-1918) Markham, Albert Hastings. A polar reconnaissance, 1881: title page (by Albert H. Markham, F.R.G.S. (captain, Royal Navy)) Rudmose Brown, R.M., revised by Roger T. Stearn. "Markham, Sir Albert Hastings," in Oxford Dictionary of national biography, published in print and online 23 September 2004, accessed online January 22, 2020 (Markham, Sir Albert Hastings (1841-1918), naval officer and Arctic explorer; born at Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Hautes Pyrénées, France, on 11 November 1841; died in London, on 28 October 1918; made a KCB in 1903) Wikipedia, January 22, 2020 (article title: Albert Hastings Markham; "Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham KCB (11 November 1841-28 October 1918) was a British explorer, author, and officer in the Royal Navy. In 1903 he was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. He is also remembered for designing the flag of New Zealand"; promoted to rank of rear admiral, 1891; vice-admiral, 1897; admiral, 1903; publications include The New Hebrides and Santa Cruz groups, South-West Pacific (1871); A whaling cruise to Baffin's Bay and the Gulf of Boothia (1874); Our life in the Arctic regions (1877); Northward ho! (1879); The Arctic campaign of 1879 in the Barents Sea (1880); A visit to the Galapagos Islands in 1880 (1880)) |
| Associated language | eng |
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