Definition of Robert falcon scott

1. Noun. English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912).

Exact synonyms: Robert Scott, Scott
Generic synonyms: Adventurer, Explorer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Robert Falcon Scott

Robert Burns
Robert Burns Woodward
Robert Charles Benchley
Robert Charles Venturi
Robert Clive
Robert Curl
Robert De Niro
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Peary
Robert E Lee's Birthday
Robert E Lee Day
Robert Edward Lee
Robert Edwin Peary
Robert Emmet Sherwood
Robert F. Curl
Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Floyd Curl Jr.
Robert Frost
Robert Fulton
Robert Graves
Robert Gray
Robert Herrick
Robert Hooke
Robert Hutchings Goddard
Robert I
Robert James Fischer
Robert Jemison Van de Graaff
Robert Joffrey
Robert King Merton
Robert Koch

Literary usage of Robert falcon scott

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of Polar Conquest: The Complete History of Arctic and Antarctic by Logan Marshall (1913)
"... Antarctic Martyr APTAIN robert falcon scott, RN, CVO, the intrepid Antarctic explorer who reached the South Pole thirty-five days after Roald Amundsen, ..."

2. Criticisms of life: studies in faith, hope and despair by Horace James Bridges (1915)
"... made by Sir robert falcon scott and his companions to discover the South Pole and to increase our scientific knowledge of the Antarctic region, ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"The PRESIDENT next proposed " The Health of Captain robert falcon scott, BN, Commander of the Expedition." He said it was his pleasing duty to propose the ..."

4. America on the Ice: Antarctic Policy Issues by Frank G. Klotz (1998)
"... constructed in January 1911 by robert falcon scott at Cape Evans in the Antarctic, is preserved as an historic monument, under Recommendation VII-9 of ..."

5. The Book of History: A History of All Nations from the Earliest Times to the by James Bryce Bryce, Holland Thompson, William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1915)
"It was in 1910 that Captain robert falcon scott, who had been engaged for some time at the British Admiralty as Naval Assistant since his return from ..."

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