James Kerguelen Robinson Explained

James Kerguelen Robinson (11 March 1859 – 1914) was an Australian prospector who was the first person born south of the Antarctic Convergence. Robinson Pass was named after him.^{[1] [2]}

Life

Robinson was born in March 1859 on the Kerguelen Islands to James William Robinson, a captain and sailor, and his wife Jane Parsons Bentley while the couple was on a sealing voyage in the Antarctic Convergence. Robinson's middle name, Kerguelen, was taken from the island he was born on. Robinson Pass was named after him.^{[2] [3]}

He married Alice Maud Wakefield in 1889.

Robinson died of dehydration in Murchison in 1914 while he was prospecting in the western Australian desert.^{[4] [5] [6]}

See also

• Emilio Palma
• Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen

External links

• Geni profile

Notes and References

1. J. Robinson. Appendix B: Log of the Offley. In: Reminiscences. Hobart: Archives Office of Tasmania, 1906. pp. 98-99. (Transcribed and edited by D. Cerchi.)
2. Book: R. K. Headland. Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events. 1989. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-30903-5. 177–.
3. Book: Briton Cooper Busch. The War Against the Seals: A History of the North American Seal Fishery. 1987. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. 978-0-7735-0610-7. 179–.
4. Book: The American Neptune. 1981. Peabody Museum of Salem.
5. Book: Elizabeth Chipman. Women on the Ice: A History of Women in the Far South. 1986. Melbourne University Press. 978-0-522-84324-8.
6. Book: Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1972. Royal Society of Tasmania..