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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.
- Farthest North in 1827
- Rear admiral
- Caleb Hillier Parry (father)
William Edward Parry (Bath, condado de Somerset, 19 de diciembre de 1790 - Bad Ems, Alemania, 9 de julio de 1855) fue un contraalmirante inglés y explorador del Ártico.
- Greenwich y Bad Ems
Explorador británico del Ártico. Nació el 19 de diciembre de 1790 en Bath, condado de Somerset. En los años 1819 y 1820 fue el primero que sobrepasó los 11° de longitud en el Ártico, y descubrió y cartografió el territorio que abarca el estrecho Barrow, la bahía Príncipe Regente, el estrecho de Melville y el canal de Wellington.
2 de ene. de 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.
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. Educated at Bath Grammar School, he was a forward child, quick to learn, with an ear for music, and tall and athletic.
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...
2 de mar. de 2021 · William Edward Parry was a key figure in the discovery of the North-West Passage. On his first voyage he discovered a route through Lancaster Sound. Parry's first voyage in 1819 was one of the most important in the exploration of the Passage - the seaway across the Arctic, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
