Rupert Michell

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Rupert Michell

William Arthur Rupert Michell (born October 18, 1879 in Perth , Ontario , Canada , † July 20, 1966 in Ottawa ) was a Canadian doctor and member of the Nimrod expedition of the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .

Life

Rupert Mitchell was born the second of four children of the teacher Francis Lambton Mitchell (1849-1928) and his wife Mary Ellen (née Bell, 1854 - unknown). Michell completed his school days in his hometown of Perth. He then went to Toronto Medical School to study medicine . After successfully completing his studies in 1902 and briefly working as a resident doctor, he left Canada in 1906 and went to England. There he was given the opportunity to work as a surgeon on a ship that was used in line operations on the Congo and the Calabar Rivers in Nigeria . Because of this experience, he was employed by Shackleton as a ship's doctor on the Nimrod hired.

During the Antarctic expedition, Michell was involved in unloading the cargo during the landing at Cape Royds in addition to his actual work . In addition, he took part in the first small exploratory marches on Ross Island . However, he was not part of the landing crew, but went back to Christchurch on the expedition ship at the end of January 1908 to spend the winter . When the Nimrod resumed the landing crew in the spring of 1909, Michell was again responsible for medical care for the men on board the ship.

After completing the expedition, Michell returned to Canada, where he was temporarily traveling with Shackleton on a lecture tour. He then ran a doctor's office in North Bay and headed the local office of the Ontario Ministry of Health. In 1918 he married Katie Violet Beatrice Dowdell (1886–1971) in Toronto ; the marriage remained childless. In 1935 he moved to the Ottawa Department of Health before retiring into private life in 1949.

literature

  • Shackleton, Ernest: The Heart of the Antarctic . William Heinemann, London 1910 (accessed December 16, 2010).
  • Beeby, Dean: In a crystal land: Canadian explorers in Antarctica . University of Toronto Press, Toronto 1994, ISBN 0802003621 .

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personal data
SURNAME Michell, Rupert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Michell, William Arthur Rupert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian polar explorer
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Perth , Canada
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1966
Place of death Ottawa , Canada