Frank Debenham

Frank Debenham
Frank Debenham during the Terra Nova Expedition in 1911
Born(1883-12-26)26 December 1883
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Died23 November 1965(1965-11-23) (aged 81)
Cambridge, England
EducationUniversity of Sydney
Spouse
Dorothy Lempriere
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(m. 1917; died 1965)​
Children5
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
RankLieutenant
Unit7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsOrder of the British Empire (1919)

Frank Debenham, OBE (26 December 1883 – 23 November 1965) was Emeritus Professor of Geography at the Department of Geography, Cambridge University and first director of the Scott Polar Research Institute.

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