Jackson – Harmsworth Expedition: The Leader at Denstone: Mr. F. G. Jackson, F.R.G.S., the leader of the Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic expedition, gave a lecture on Saturday afternoon, at Denstone College, his old school in Staffordshire. A large number of local scientists and others had been invited to meet him, and the audience, numbering some five hundred, was accommodated in the great schoolroom. Mr. Jackson interested his hearers by an instructive lecture, dealing chiefly with his geographical work in Franz Josef Land and enlivened by frequent anecdotes. The company included the headmaster, the chaplain and assistant master, and the following visitors: Lady Pinsent, Mrs. J. Edwardes, Mrs. Jackson … (continues) …
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GRO0254 Hennock: Emily Hetty Sabine Homfray: 1845 – 1922