Lawrence Oates

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Lawrence Oates was a British army officer and Antarctic explorer best known for his heroic self-sacrifice during Captain Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Antarctic explorer
British Army officer
human
ageAtDeath 32
causeOfDeath exposure to extreme cold
starvation
commemoratedBy Captain Oates Memorial, St Mary’s Church, Putney NERFINISHED
Mount Oates NERFINISHED
Oates Coast NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1880-03-17
dateOfDeath 1912-03-17
educatedAt Eton College
South Lynn School NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup English NERFINISHED
expeditionLeader Robert Falcon Scott NERFINISHED
familyName Oates NERFINISHED
famousQuotation I am just going outside and may be some time.
fieldOfWork polar exploration
fullName Lawrence Edward Grace Oates NERFINISHED
givenName Lawrence NERFINISHED
hasCause gangrene
severe frostbite
hasHonorificTitle Captain Oates NERFINISHED
hasRelative Bryan Oates NERFINISHED
Caroline Oates NERFINISHED
Frank Oates NERFINISHED
Lilian Oates NERFINISHED
Violet Oates NERFINISHED
William Oates NERFINISHED
knownFor self-sacrifice during Terra Nova Expedition
mannerOfDeath suicide
memberOfExpedition Terra Nova Expedition NERFINISHED
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank captain
nativeLanguage English
notableWork contribution to Scott’s South Pole party
occupation explorer
soldier
participantIn Second Boer War NERFINISHED
Terra Nova Expedition NERFINISHED
partOf Scott’s polar party NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London

Putney NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Antarctica NERFINISHED
Ross Ice Shelf NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
unit 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons NERFINISHED
woundedInAction Second Boer War NERFINISHED

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British Antarctic Expedition member Lawrence Oates