Sir Edward Sabine

(1788-1883)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883 NRA: Sabine Sir Edward (1788-1883) Knight General geophysicist DNB: Sabine, Sir Edward (1788-1883), army officer and physicist LBT ID: EdSabin1883	B/BAP: 1788-10-14 DIED: 1883-06-26
SOURCES: DNB
Army officer and naturalist; he sailed with Parry on his polar expedition in 1819-20 and established stations for magnetic observations; FRS (1818), major-general (1856).
REFERENCES TO Sir Edward Sabine: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 8: Bernard Barton Found 1: ¶ 13 Ch. 18: Literary List Found 1: ¶ 11 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXIII. Found 1: ¶ 28