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Henry Foster (
1796 –
February 5 1831) was a
British naval officer who took part in expeditions to the
Arctic and
Antarctic and made various notable scientific observations.
In his early career, he served aboard
HMS York. Later, he served aboard
HMS Griper as part of the
British Naval Scientific Expedition led by
Douglas Clavering, assisting the astronomer
Edward Sabine. He became a Fellow of the
Royal Society.
In
1824 as a lieutenant, he joined the
Northwest Passage expedition led by
William Edward Parry, aboard
HMS Hecla. He made various scientific observations in
magnetism and
astronomy and
pendulum measurements of
gravity, for which he shared the
Copley Medal in
1827 and received the rank of commander. Later in 1827 he joined the
British Naval North Polar Expedition, again under the leadership of Parry.
From 1828 – 1831 he was commander of
HMS Chanticleer and led the British Naval Expedition to the South Atlantic including the
South Shetland Islands and notably
Deception Island. He drowned in the
Chagres River in
Panama in
1831.
Port Foster in
Deception Island is named after him.
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