William Scoresby the younger

(1789-1857)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Scoresby, William, 1789-1857 NRA: Scoresby William (1787-1857) Arctic Navigator DNB: Scoresby, William, junior (1789-1857), Arctic scientist and Church of England clergyman LBT ID: WiScore1857 VIAF ID: 52472663 LOC ID: n50004013	B/BAP: 1789-10-05 DIED: 1857-03-21
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The son of an Arctic whaler, he became an explorer and in was elected fellow of the Royal Society; he afterwards became a clergyman and prolific writer.
REFERENCES TO William Scoresby the younger: Robert Southey to John Rickman, 7 December 1836 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXXVII. 1836-1837 Charles Webb Le Bas to Francis Hodgson, 22 June 1852 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Found 1: ¶ 1 James Thomas Hodgson, Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter XXIII. 1840-52.