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William Edward Parry
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English naval officer and Arctic explorer (1790–1855)
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William Edward Parry was a British explorer, naval officer, botanist, and botanical collector. Born in Bath in 1790, he served in the Royal Navy, attaining the ranks of captain and rear admiral. He was a member of the Royal Society, the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Travellers Club. Parry received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society.
He authored works including *Voyage vers le pôle arctique dans la baie de Baffin*, *The North Georgia Gazette*, *Chloris Melvilliana*, *In the Service of the Company*, and *Journal of a voyage of discovery, to the Arctic regions*. His works are held in collections such as the John Carter Brown Library. Parry resided in Greenwich and Bad Ems. He died in Bad Ems in 1855. His father was Caleb Hillier Parry.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1790
- Died
- 1855
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Voyage vers le pôle arctique dans la baie de Baffin
- The North Georgia Gazette
- [Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage ... 1819-20
- Chloris Melvilliana
- In the Service of the Company
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 62,851x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,794x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,502x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,937x
- Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
· 1953 · cited 29,949x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Family name
- Parry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Bath
- Place of death
- Bad Ems
- Father
- Caleb Hillier Parry
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- Royal Navy
- Military rank
- captain
- Image
- REAR-ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, K.C.B. (page 150 crop).jpg
- Residence
- Bad Ems
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- member of
- Royal Society
- Commons category
- William Edward Parry
- date of birth
- 1790-12-19
- date of death
- 1855-07-08
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons gallery
- William Edward Parry
- writing language
- English language
- has works in the collection
- John Carter Brown Library
- P6944
- William Edward Parry
- name in native language
- William Edward Parry
- place of burial
- Greenwich
- P8168
- coset
Sources (3)
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