David Haig-Thomas
David Haig-Thomas (1 December 1908 – 6 June 1944) was a British ornithologist, wildlife photographer, explorer and
Biography
Haig-Thomas was born in London and educated at
Initially a hunter with catapult and gun, he became an ornithologist and took up bird photography.[3] His articles and photographs were published in Country Life and The Field.[3]
Expeditions
In 1933 he went on an expedition to
In 1936, Haig-Thomas led an ornithological expedition to Iceland. From 1937 to 1938, he led a British Arctic Expedition in northwest Greenland and Ellesmere Island, accompanied by John Wright and Richard Hamilton.[6][7] The expedition arrived at Qaanaaq in northwest Greenland in August 1937. They left Etah in March 1938 and crossed Ellesmere Island where they met up with the MacGregor Arctic Expedition. They then sledged to Amund Ringnes Island, Axel Heiberg Island and Haig-Thomas Island in the Canadian Arctic. They returned to Greenland and spent the summer of 1938 in Qaanaaq.[5] Haig-Thomas's collection of Arctic objects from Greenland and northern Canada was donated in two instalments to the British Museum.[8]
Second World War
Haig-Thomas purchased
Shortly after the outbreak of the war, he was commissioned as a
Publications
- Haig-Thomas, David "I Leap Before I Look", London, William Clowes & Sons, 1936
- Haig-Thomas, David Expedition to Ellesmere Island, 1937–38. Geographical Journal, 1940, 95(4):265–277.
- Haig-Thomas, David Tracks in the Snow London: Hodder & Stoughton 1939
See also
References
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Sports Reference Olympic Sports – David Haig-Thomas
- ^ Wikidata Q108533626
- ^ "David Haig-Thomas". The Peerage. 1 September 2004.
- ^ a b Freeze Frame
- ^ David Haig-Thomas Expedition to Ellesmere Island, 1937–38 The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) 1940
- ^ John Wright "Deep-frozen clues to a warmer world: John Wright explains how Greenland's glaciers could help to reveal secrets of climatic change", The Independent, 9 May 1994
- ^ British Museum Blog Archived 8 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 34825". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 April 1940. p. 2052.
- ^ No 5 Troop 10 Interallied Commando Archived 13 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Casualty details—Haig-Thomas, David, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ Commando Veterans