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Name |
Peary, Robert Edwin (U.S. Navy, Rear Admiral) |
Othernames |
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary |
Born |
6 May 1856 |
Birthplace |
Cresson, Pennsylvania |
Father |
Charles Nutter Peary |
Mother |
Mary Webster Wiley Peary |
Education |
His early education came from South Portland public schools; his mother then sent him to a private school and eventually moved to Portland so that he could attend Portland High School (there was not a high school in Cape Elizabeth yet). Peary graduated from Bowdoin College in 1877. |
Spouse |
Josephine Diebitsch, m 1888 |
Occupation |
Entered the U.S. Navy in 1881. |
Titles & honors |
American Explorer and discoverer of the North Pole There is a plaque dedicated in his honor on the property of the South Portland (Maine) Public Library on Cottage Road |
Notes |
Following the death of his father in 1859, Peary moved with his mother Mary to the Scamman/Buzzell's Hill area of Cape Elizabeth (South Portland) where they lived for a short time. They then moved into an apartment at the home/store on the corner of Broadway and Evans Street with Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Evans (Eliza Bryant Evans was Mary Peary's cousin). Buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia |
Deceased |
20 Feb 1920 |
Deceased where |
Washington, D.C. |
