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Ferrar, Hartley Travers. Adm. pens. at SIDNEY, Oct. 1, 1898. S. of J. E, bank-manager, of Durban, S. Africa. B. Jan. 28, 1879, at Dalkey, near Dublin, Ireland. [Spent his early years in S. Africa.] School, Oundle (Mr Sanderson). Matric. Michs. 1898; B.A. 1901; M.A. 1905. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (New Zealand Forces). Geologist with Captain Scott's Antarctic Expedition, Aug., 1901. In The Voyage of the Discovery, Scott makes frequent references to the hardships and adventures through which Ferrar went. 'The result of his work,' he says, 'was to throw considerable light on the structure of a vast land-mass, no inconsiderable portion of the surface of the earth.' A summary of his geological observations is printed as an Appendix to that book and a glacier was named after him. Held later an appointment in the Survey Department of the Egyptian Government and afterwards was Assistant Director of the Geological Survey of New Zealand. Died Apr. ('probably the 19th'), 1932, at Wellington. Brother of the next. (Scott, MSS.; The Times, Apr. 20 and 25, 1932.) | Hartley Travers FERRAR Approx. lifespan: 18791932 pens. Sidney Sussex College adm1898:10:01 s. of J. E FERRAR bank-manager, of Durban, South Africa b. Dalkey, near Dublin, Ireland 1879:01:28 Spent his early years South Africa Sch: Oundle School Oundle, [ Northamptonshire ] ( Mr SANDERSON ) Matric 1898:10MT: BA 1901 MA 1905 served in the Great War: 1914-19 New Zealand Forces ). Geologist: with Captain: Scott's Antarctic Expedition, [ Antarctic ] 1901:08 In The Voyage of the Discovery, Scott makes frequent references to the hardships and adventures through which Ferrar went. 'The result of his work,' he says, 'was to throw considerable light on the structure of a vast land-mass, no inconsiderable portion of the surface of the earth.' A summary of his geological observations is printed as an Appendix to that book and a glacier was named after him. Held later an appointment in Survey Department of Egyptian Government, [ Egypt ] and afterwards was Assistant Director of: : Geological Survey of New Zealand d. Wellington, [ New Zealand ] 1932:04:[19] brother of John Edgar FERRAR (1899) (Scott, MSS.; The Times 1932:04:20 amd 25) |