NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hall, Basil, 1788-1844 NRA: Hall, Basil (1788-1844), Captain RN author DNB: Hall, Basil (1788-1844), naval officer and author LBT ID: BaHall1844 VIAF ID: 5019799 LOC ID: n50017866 | B/BAP: 1788-12-31 DIED: 1844-09-11 |
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Scottish seaman and traveler; after education at Edinburgh high school he entered the
Navy in 1802; he published Fragments of Voyages and Travels
(1831-33) and other works. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF Captain Basil Hall: Lord Byron to Captain Basil Hall, 31 August 1818 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Captain Basil Hall to John Murray, July 1826 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) |