Name William Penny Role Mathematician | Fields Mathematics Awards Rumford Medal | |
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Died March 3, 1991, East Hendred, United Kingdom Books William Gilbert: a Biography and Assessment Education Imperial College London, University of London, Trinity College, Cambridge | ||
William Penny (1809 - Aberdeen 1892) was a Scottish captain. He undertook the first maritime search for the ships of Sir John Franklin. In 1840 Penny established the first whaling station in the Cumberland Sound area on Kekerten Island, today Kekerten Territorial Park.
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