Priestley's Progress - The Life of Sir Raymond Priestley, Antarctic Explorer, Scientist, Soldier, Academician

This first ever biography of Antarctic explorer Sir Raymond Priestley (1886-1974) covers his full (at times life-threatening) involvement with Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1907-1909 Nimrod Expedition and Robert Scott's 1910-1913 Terra Nova Expedition. Priestley's service with the British 46th Division during World War I won him the Military Cross for gallantry.
After the war, he played a leading role in establishing the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge. He was later appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne and then of the University of Birmingham and also helped establish the University of the West Indies. He received a knighthood for his services to education.
During retirement--a misnomer in his case--he went with the Duke of Edinburgh on the Royal Yacht Britannia as an Antarctic expert and joined the American Deep Freeze IV Expedition during his tenure directing the British Antarctic Survey. Despite the demands of his career, Priestley remained an involved family man throughout.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

¿1.¿The Priestley Family in Tewkesbury-Early Days

¿2.¿University College, Bristol

¿3.¿Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition

¿4.¿Between Expeditions

¿5.¿Scott's Terra Nova Expedition-The Northern Party

¿6.¿The First World War-The British Army Signal Service

¿7.¿Cambridge University-Scott Polar Research Institute

¿8.¿Vice-Chancellor-Melbourne University

¿9.¿­Vice-Chancellor-Birmingham University

10.¿The Commission for Higher Education in the Colonies

11.¿Acting Director-Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey

12.¿West Antarctica on the RY Britannia

13.¿American Deep Freeze IV Expedition

14.¿President, Royal Geographical Society

15.¿Along the Way

16.¿Later Life

Appendix I.¿46th (North Midland) Division During the Hundred Days

Appendix II.¿The 1907-1909 British Antarctic Expedition

Appendix III.¿The McMurdo Sound Region

Appendix IV.¿The 1910-1913 British Antarctic Expedition

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

The late Mike Bullock was a retired bank director. He lived in Warwickshire, England.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Bullock, Bullock Mike
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2017
• EAN: 9780786478057
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-7805-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 277 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; EDUCATION / General, Education, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, First World War, HISTORY / World, TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / General, History of Science, United Kingdom, Great Britain, General and world history, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Ships and boats: general interest, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Shipbuilding technology, engineering & trades, Geology & The Lithosphere, Shipbuilding technology, engineering and trades, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, europe, polar