Robert E. Peary

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Arctic explorer explorer human naval officer

Robert E. Peary was an American Arctic explorer best known for leading the 1909 expedition that claimed to be the first to reach the geographic North Pole.

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Label Occurrences
Robert Peary 11
Robert E. Peary canonical 7
Robert Edwin Peary 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic explorer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
allegedAchievement first person to reach the geographic North Pole ⓘ
awardReceived Hubbard Medal ⓘ
Royal Geographical Society Patron’s Medal ⓘ
surface form: Royal Geographical Society medal
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
child Marie Ahnighito Peary ⓘ
collaboratedWith Matthew Henson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1856-05-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1920-02-20 ⓘ
dateOfExpedition 1909 ⓘ
educatedAt Bowdoin College ⓘ
employer United States Navy ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Robert E. Peary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Peary
fieldOfWork polar exploration ⓘ
fullName Robert E. Peary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Robert Edwin Peary
givenName Robert ⓘ
hasControversy disputed claim of reaching the North Pole ⓘ
hasHonor Peary Land in Greenland named after him ⓘ
Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum named in his honor ⓘ
knownFor 1909 North Pole expedition ⓘ
Arctic exploration ⓘ
claiming first attainment of the North Pole ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
ledExpeditionTo North Pole ⓘ
memberOf American Geographical Society ⓘ
National Geographic Society ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank rear admiral ⓘ
notableWork 1908–1909 North Pole expedition ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cresson, Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
positionHeld civil engineer in U.S. Navy ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence Eagle Island, Maine ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Josephine Diebitsch Peary ⓘ
usedShip SS Roosevelt ⓘ

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Hubbard Medal → firstRecipient → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
Northwest Passage → exploredBy → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Peary
Robert E. Peary → fullName → Robert E. Peary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Edwin Peary
Robert E. Peary → familyName → Robert E. Peary self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peary
Cullum Geographical Medal → notableRecipient → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Peary
Brunswick, Maine, United States → hasNotableResident → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Peary
Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum → namedAfter → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
National Geographic Society Hubbard Medal → notableRecipient → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
1908–1909 North Pole expedition → leader → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Edwin Peary
Josephine Diebitsch Peary → spouse → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Peary
Josephine Diebitsch Peary → hasRelative → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Peary
Josephine Diebitsch Peary → partnerInWorkWith → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Peary
Marie Ahnighito Peary → familyName → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peary
Marie Ahnighito Peary → father → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Edwin Peary
Marie Ahnighito Peary → notableFamilyMember → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Edwin Peary
Marie Ahnighito Peary → relative → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Edwin Peary Jr.
SS Roosevelt → operator → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Peary
SS Roosevelt → usedBy → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
SS Roosevelt → hasNotablePassenger → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
Matthew Henson → employer → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Peary
Matthew Henson → influencedBy → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Peary
Eagle Island, Maine → hasFormerResident → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
Eagle Island, Maine → hasMuseumDedicatedTo → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
Thule area → exploredBy → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Peary
Heroic Age of Antarctic and Arctic Exploration → hasParticipant → Robert E. Peary ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Peary