Bowers, Henry
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| Birthname | Henry Robertson Bowers | ||||
| born on | 29 July 1883 at 05:00 (= 05:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Greenock, Scotland, 55n57, 4w45 | ||||
| Timezone | GMT h0e (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   05°42'   04°27 Asc. 11°43'
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Biography
Scottish explorer, a member of Robert Falcon Scott's polar party on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition (1910–1913), all of whom died during their return from the South Pole.
Bowers was short, at five foot four inches. He had red hair and a distinctive beak-like nose that quickly earned him the nickname of "Birdie" among his fellow explorers. Optimistic, restless, full of plans and the joy of life, he was an ambitious navy man. Physically fit and disciplined, he nonetheless had an obsessive fear of spiders. He died on 29 March 1912, aged 29.
Relationships
- business associate/partner relationship with Oates, Lawrence (born 17 March 1880)
Events
- Death, Cause unspecified 29 March 1912 (In the Antarctic from presumed hypothermia, age 28)
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Source Notes
Paul Wright collection quotes John Murray, "Birdie Bowers of the Antarctic."
Caroline Gerard in Astrology Quarterly Spring 1998 quotes the Paul Wright collection for 5:19 AM, as B.C. However Paul Wright's book "A Multitude of Lives" (published in 2009) quotes 5:00 AM from the birth record.
On 2 August 2017 Sy Scholfield forwarded birth registry entry stating 5 AM and upgraded rating to BC/BR in hand.
Categories
- Traits : Body : Hair (Red)
- Traits : Body : Size (Height: 1.62 m/ 5 ft 4 in)
- Traits : Personality : Optimist
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Phobias (Arachnaphobia)
- Personal : Death : Short Life less than 29 Yrs (Age 28)
- Vocation : Travel : Explorer (Polar expeditions)
