Ernest Shackleton
Irish explorer
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS FRSGS was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Wikipedia
Born: February 15, 1874, Kilkea, Ireland
Died: January 5, 1922 (age 47 years), Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Children: Edward Shackleton, Cecily Shackleton, and Raymond Shackleton
Spouse: Emily Shackleton (m. 1904–1922)
Grandchildren: Alexandra Shackleton, Charles Edward Ernest Shackleton, Ernest Nicholas Swinford Shackleton, and more
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