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Sir William Edward Parry FRS (19 December 1790 – 8 July 1855) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his 1819–1820 expedition through the Parry Channel, probably the most successful in the long quest for the Northwest Passage, until it was finally negotiated by Roald Amundsen in 1906.
Jan 2, 2008 · Sir William Edward Parry, naval officer, Arctic explorer (born 19 December 1790 in Bath, England; died 8 or 9 July 1855 in Bad Ems, present-day Germany). Parry was involved in four expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage: the first as lieutenant under Captain John Ross, followed by three of his own ventures.
William Edward Parry final North-West Passage expeditions 1821–25. William Edward Parry was a key figure in the discovery of the North-West Passage. He made three voyages to find it and his research was invaluable. On Parry's first voyage (1819–20) he had discovered there was a passage through Lancaster Sound.
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Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855), British admiral and arctic explorer, was born at Bath on December 19, 1790, the son of Caleb H. Parry, a physician of some celebrity of Devonshire descent.
PARRY, Sir WILLIAM EDWARD, naval officer, Arctic explorer, and hydrographer; b. 19 Dec. 1790 in Bath, England, fourth son of eminent physician Caleb Hillier Parry and Sarah Rigby; m. first 23 Oct. 1826 Isabella Louisa Stanley (d. 13 May 1839), and they had eight children; m. secondly 29 June 1841 Catherine Edwards Hankinson, and they had three c...
The expedition left England on 11 May 1819; Parry and his astronomer, Edward Sabine, reported back to London on 3 November 1820. The interval marked a period of extraordinarily successful exploration and achievement, not the least of which was that Parry. had the happiness of seeing every officer and man on board both ships, (with only one ...
William Edward Parry. 1790-1855. British explorer who made several unsuccessful attempts to reach the North Pole and to find the Northwest Passage. During his explorations across the North American continent he was able to map a considerable amount of new territory.
