Peary, Robert Edwin
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 6 May 1856 at 12:04 (= 12:04 PM ) | ||
| Place | Cresson PA, USA, 40n27, 78w35 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m78w35 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   16°19'   14°32 Asc. 25°00'
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Biography
American Admiral, engineer and scientist. Working with the Civil Engineer Corp. of the U.S. Navy, he took part in the survey of the Nicaragua Canal route 1885-1887. He was the first man to reach the North Pole 4/06/1909 and proved it to be in the center of a vast sea covered with ice. Peary also established that Greenland was an island.
Peary died of pernicious anemia 2/20/1920, Washington, DC.
Relationships
- child relationship with Peary, Marie (born 12 September 1893)
Events
- Death by Disease 6 April 1909 (Acute anemia, age 63)
Source Notes
Sabian Symbols No.759
Categories
- Vocation : Travel : Adventurer
- Vocation : Military : Military career
- Vocation : Travel : Explorer (Greenland and North Pole)
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- Vocation : Engineer : Mechanical (Civil Engineer Corp.)
