Borup, George, 1885-1912

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Member of the North Pole expedition led by Robert E. Peary, 1908-1909; assistant curator of the American Museum of Natural History Dept. of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology, 1911-1912.

From the description of A tenderfoot with Peary / by George Borup. [1909?-1911?] (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 18802706

Borup was a geologist and explorer. He was the brother of Yvette Borup Andrews, the first wife of explorer Roy Chapman Andrews. Borup participated in Robert E. Peary's 1908-1909 North Polar expedition aboard the S.S. Roosevelt; his book, A tenderfoot with Peary, was published in 1911. Borup was appointed assistant curator, in the American Museum of Natural History's Dept. of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology on Dec. 20, 1911, and was chosen to lead the 1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition. He drowned on April 28, 1912, in a boating accident in Long Island Sound.

From the description of Peary Arctic Club's North Polar Expedition, 1908-09 [graphic] / photos taken by Dan [i.e. Don] MacMillan. 1908-1909. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 681930251

George Borup was a geologist and explorer. He was the brother of Yvette Borup Andrews, the first wife of explorer Roy Chapman Andrews.

Borup participated in Robert E. Peary's 1908-1909 North Polar expedition aboard the S.S. Roosevelt; his book, A tenderfoot with Peary, was published in 1911. Borup was appointed assistant curator, in the American Museum of Natural History's Dept. of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology on Dec. 20, 1911, and was chosen to lead the 1913-1917 Crocker Land Expedition. He drowned on April 28, 1912, in a boating accident in Long Island Sound.

From the description of Correspondence, 1908-1912. (American Museum of Natural History). WorldCat record id: 54666181

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associatedWith Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960. person
associatedWith Borup, George, 1885-1912. person
associatedWith Crocker Land Expedition (1913-1917) corporateBody
associatedWith Ellsworth, Lincoln, 1880-1951. person
associatedWith Feilden, H. W. (Henry Wemyss), 1838-1921. person
associatedWith Hobbs, William Herbert, 1864-1952. person
associatedWith Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924. person
associatedWith Keltie, John Scott, Sir, 1840-1927. person
associatedWith Lee, Hugh J. person
associatedWith MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970, person
associatedWith Peary Arctic Club corporateBody
associatedWith Peary Polar Expedition (1908-1909) corporateBody
associatedWith Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920. person
associatedWith Roosevelt (Ship : 1904-1937) corporateBody
associatedWith Roosevelt (Steamship) corporateBody
associatedWith Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912. person
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North Pole
Arctic regions
Arctic regions
North Pole
North Pole
Arctic regions
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Explorers
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Birth 1885

Death 1912

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