William Edward Parry
1790–1855
Naval officer and explorer. Led three voyages between 1819 and 1825 in search of a north-west passage, and an unsuccessful expedition to the North Pole in 1827. Knighted, 1829. FRS 1821.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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