Eric Marshall

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Eric Marshall on board the Nimrod in March 1909

Eric Stewart Marshall , CBE (born May 29, 1879 in Hampstead , † February 26, 1963 on the Isle of Wight ) was a British doctor and polar explorer. He is known for his participation in the Nimrod expedition (1907–1909).

Life

education

Marshall studied theology at Emmanuel College of Cambridge University before succumbing to the Medical College of the 1899 St Bartholomew's Hospital in London went there and in 1906 as Surgeon graduated. He received the Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians (LRCP) and the Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) . Marshall was also an avid athlete. In Cambridge he was part of the rowing team there and in London he was a successful rugby player .

Nimrod expedition

Marshall was hired by Ernest Shackleton for his first own South Pole expedition as a ship's doctor and cartographer on the Nimrod . After landing at Cape Royds on February 3, 1908, he made the first film recordings ever made in Antarctica . In March 1908 he took part in the successful first ascent of Mount Erebus . He was also part of the four-man team that set out for the South Pole on October 29, 1908, but had to turn back prematurely due to poor equipment, insufficient provisions and dwindling strength. On the way back, Marshall collapsed with stomach cramps shortly before the goal and was only saved through the efforts of his comrades. Shackleton named a mountain range of the Queen Alexandra Range in the area of ​​the Beardmore Glacier ( Marshall Mountains , 84 ° 40 ′  S , 165 ° 20 ′  E ) and the Antarctic Mount Marshall after him. In addition, an ice stream that flows into the Beardmore Glacier was named by Shackleton after Marshall's mother Alice Glacier ( 83 ° 58 ′  S , 170 ° 0 ′  E ). The Marshall Valley ( 78 ° 4 ′  S , 164 ° 10 ′  E ) and the Marshall Ridge ( 78 ° 3 ′  S , 164 ° 5 ′  E ) in the Antarctic Victoria Land also bear his name. It also indirectly gives its name to the Marshall Stream , a meltwater river that flows through the Marshall Valley. For his services he was awarded the Silver Polar Medal of the Royal Geographical Society .

Time after the Nimrod expedition

After returning to England, Marshall took part in the British Ornithologists' Union expedition to New Guinea from 1909 to 1911 as a medical officer . During World War I , he was a captain as Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services (DADMS) in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) and was awarded the 1914 Star , the Military Cross and the Victory Medal . He was also awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus for participating in the anti-Bolshevik intervention of the Entente in the Russian Civil War in 1918 . He later ran a farm in Kenya before finally retiring on the Isle of Wight .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bertrand and Alberts, Geographic Names of Antarctica , p. 205 (accessed June 16, 2011)
  2. ^ Marshall Mountains ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  3. ↑ Mount Marshall ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  4. ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Alice Glacier (accessed June 16, 2011)
  5. ↑ Alice Glacier ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  6. ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Marshall Valley (accessed October 21, 2015)
  7. ^ Marshall Valley ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Marshall Ridge (accessed October 24, 2016)
  9. ^ Marshall Ridge ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved October 24, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Marshall, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marshall, Eric Stewart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British doctor and south polar explorer
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamstead
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1963
Place of death Isle of Wight