Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (January 2, 1886 - May 18, 1959) was a British explorer.

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January 2 - 1886 - May 18 - 1959 - British - Explorer

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Cherry-Garrard was born at Bedford, the son of an army officer, and was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church College, Oxford. The surname Cherry, with which he was born, was lengthened to Cherry-Garrard by the terms of an aunt's will, through which his father inherited enormous estates. At the age of 24, "Cherry" was one of the youngest members of Sir Robert Falcon Scott's second and last expedition to Antarctica. Initially rejected, he decided to donate money towards the costs of the expedition, and was subsequently taken on as an assistant biologist.

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Bedford - Winchester College - Christ Church College, Oxford - Robert Falcon Scott - Antarctica

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In 1922, he wrote The Worst Journey in the World, which told primarily of the winter trip to Cape Crozier. Over 80 years later this book is still is print and is often cited as one of the classics of travel literature. The only other major publication bearing his name is a remembrance of T. E. Lawrence in the first edition of a volume edited by Lawrence's brother A. W. Lawrence "T. E. Lawrence, by His Friends". (Subsequent abridged editions omit his article.) He also wrote a published obituary of the expedition photographer Ponting and an introduction to "Edward Wilson of the Antarctic: Naturalist and Friend," a book by George Seaver on Bill Wilson.

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1922 - Cape Crozier - Travel literature - T. E. Lawrence - A. W. Lawrence - Ponting - George Seaver - Bill Wilson

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Cherry-Garrard's life is detailed in Sara Wheeler's biography Cherry.

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