Debenham, Frank
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Debenham
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Frank
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F.
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Survived WWI
Occupations
Debenham F. : Geologist 1910 - 1913Debenham F. : Lecturer 1919 - University of Cambridge @ Cambridge [ England ]Debenham F. : Director 1925 - 1946 Scott Polar Research Institute @ Cambridge University [ Cambridge England ]Debenham F. : Professor of Geology 1931 - University of Cambridge @ Cambridge University [ Cambridge England ]Debenham F. : Consultant Geologist 1949 - British Colonial Office @ Wingate, England --,
United Kingdom
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Debenham F. : Military and health.EnlistedDebenham F. : Specific terms.Appointed O.B.E. Order British Empire 1919Debenham F. : Specific terms.Founder & Director Scott Polar Research Institute 1925 - 1946 @ Cambridge University [ Cambridge England ]Debenham F. : Specific terms.Awarded the Victoria Medal 1948 - @ Wingate, England --,
United Kingdom
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O.B.E., B.A.; M.A. (Camb.), Sci. III : Major, 7th Battn., Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, B.E.F., France and Salonika. Joined King Edward''s Horse before the War but, owing to absence at Science Congress in Australia in August, 1914, his place was filled before possible return, necessitating transfer to above battn. After service in France went to Salonika where promoted major and wounded in August, 1916, and subsequently, still suffering shell shock, allotted light duty on Home Service at Portsmouth. Was with Captain Scott''s Antarctic Expedition, 1910, gaining Navy and Royal Geographical Society''s Medals. Elected Fellow Caius College; Professor of Geography, University of Cambridge. Early education at The King''s School (Dux).
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Prolific author on subjects ranging from geography to astrographics (for RAF cadets in WWII)
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/debenham-frank-9937
The Use of Geography (1950), Seven Centuries of Debenhams (Glasgow, 1957) and Antarctica: the Story of a Continent (1959)
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/debenham-frank-9937
The Use of Geography (1950), Seven Centuries of Debenhams (Glasgow, 1957) and Antarctica: the Story of a Continent (1959)
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