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Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (/ ˈ p ɪər i /; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Robert Peary (born May 6, 1856, Cresson, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died February 20, 1920, Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. Arctic explorer usually credited with leading the first expedition to reach the North Pole in 1909.
The American explorer Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920) is famous for his discovery of the North Pole; he was one of the last and greatest of the dog team-and-sledge polar explorers. Robert Peary was born in Cresson, Pa., on May 6, 1856, but he lived in Maine after the death of his father in 1859.
The most famous Civil Engineer Corps officer to date remains Robert Edwin Peary. However, Peary an extremely talented man of tremendous drive achieved his great renown not as a civil...
A century ago, explorer Robert Peary earned fame for discovering the North Pole, but did Frederick Cook get there first?
Robert E. Peary was the most famous U.S. explorer of the Arctic regions. He may have been the first person to reach the North Pole. Robert Edwin Peary was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania, on May 6, 1856. He grew up in Maine. He studied engineering in college and then joined the U.S. Navy.
Robert E. Peary was born May 6, 1856 in Cresson, Pennsylvania. He spent the formative years of his life in southern Maine with his mother, who raised him after his father's death. Peary graduated from Portland High School and then attended Bowdoin College (Class of 1877).
Rear Admiral Robert E(dwin) Peary (1856-1920), one of the greatest of all explorers and the discoverer of the North Pole, was born in Wash– ington (since 1893 Cresson) township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, May 6, 1856, the son of Charles Nutter and Mary (Wiley) Peary.
On September 6, 1909, this dramatic message from U.S. Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary was flashed around the world by cable and telegraph. The long quest to reach the North Pole had apparently finally succeeded, and Peary had planted the U.S. flag (nicknamed the Stars and Stripes) there.
Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (/ ˈ p ɪər i /; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.