Person: NANSEN, Dr Fridtjof (1861-1930)

Person summary Slides created

Biographical summary of this person

Portrait photo from The Strand Magazine, November 1896

Full name

Dr Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg NANSEN

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

Arctic explorer; photographer of slide sets

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

10 October 1861

born at

Store Frøen, Norway

8 February 1897

lecturer

[Travels in the far North] (lantern lecture, London, England, 8 February 1897)

13 May 1930

died at

Lysaker, Norway

Slide sets linked to this person

photographer: Nansen's Polar expedition (lecture: Newton & Co., 52 slides, 1897)

Slides showing image of this person

slide image -- The Meeting of Jackson and Nansen

slide image -- Photo by Mr Jackson of Dr Nansen at Cape Flora

Slide set references

minor subject of: [Dr Fridtjof Nansen's Expedition to the Arctic, 1893-1896] (lecture: manufacturer unknown, at least 47 slides, in/after 1896)

minor subject of: Nansen's Polar expedition (lecture: Newton & Co., 52 slides, 1897)

image appears in: [Manchester Geographical Society Collection: Arctic exploration] (lecture: privately made, at least 74 slides, n.d.)

image appears in: Nansen's Polar expedition (lecture: Newton & Co., 52 slides, 1897)

image appears in: Nansens Polarexpedition.: Bearb. v. Oberlehrer Dr. Kopsch, Aschersleben, nach Vortragsr. 52, Nansen. (lecture: Ed. Liesegang, 12 slides, n.d.)

Reference

‘The largest lantern audience’ in OMLJ 8.94 (March 1897)
– giving lecture at Royal Albert Hall

Lucerna ID 6002419

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 30 January 2012

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Person: NANSEN, Dr Fridtjof (1861-1930)