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"The Icemen Cometh: Forgotten Pioneers of British Arctic Exploration:" An Opening Lecture by Gillen Wood
Speaker Gillen Wood
Date Jan 25, 2013
Time 3:00 pm
Location The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 346 Library
Cost free admission
Contact Dennis Sears
E-Mail dsears@illinois.edu
Phone 217 333 3777
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Originating Calendar Rare Book & Manuscript Library Events
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library celebrates the opening of the exhibition "Names Swallowed by the Cold: Hidden Histories of Arctic Exploration" with a reception on 25 January at 3 p.m.
Gillen Wood, Professor of English at the University of Illinois will deliver the opening lecture entitled; "The Icemen Cometh: Forgotten Pioneers of British Arctic Exploration." The lecture will detail the contributions made by Bernard O’Reilly and William Scoresby Jr. to the British search for the Northwest Passage in the early nineteenth century.
Dr. Wood received his Phd in 2000 from Columbia University. He is the Director of Sustainability Studies Initiative in Humanities, and the Nicholson Professor of English.
All are welcome!
