Pickersgill

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Pickersgill means:

  • Pickersgill Harbor , a natural harbor in the southwestern part of Dusky Sound on the South Island of New Zealand.
  • Pickersgill Islands , a group of islands off the south coast of the South Atlantic island of South Georgia
  • William Pickersgill , a shipyard based in Southwick, Sunderland on the River Wear in north east England


Pickersgill is the family name of:

  • Frederick Richard Pickersgill (1820–1900), English painter
  • John Pickersgill (1905–1997), Canadian university lecturer, shipping entrepreneur, author and politician for the Liberal Party of Canada
  • Richard Pickersgill (1749–1779), English naval officer who accompanied the navigator and explorer James Cook on two of his South Seas voyages