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34-503: This peninsula was named by William Scoresby in 1822 as a testimony of respect to William Hyde Wollaston . It was also surveyed and explored by the Second German North Polar Expedition 1869–70 led by Carl Koldewey . The Danish Sirius Dog Sled Patrol has its headquarters at Daneborg on the southeastern shore. The Zackenberg research station is situated further West, near Young Sound . Wollaston Foreland

68-539: A Scottish connection but can be based anywhere in the world. The prize was founded in 1855 by Thomas Makdougall Brisbane , the long-serving fourth president of the Society. The medal was renamed in 2022 to reflect Margaret Moir's contribution to science in Scotland. The Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize Lectureship is a quadrennial award to recognise original work done by scientists resident in or connected with Scotland. The award

102-477: A public lecture in Scotland. The award is named after William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824–1907), who was a famous mathematical physicist and engineer, and professor of natural philosophy at the University of Glasgow . Senior Prize-winners are required to have a Scottish connection but can be based anywhere in the world. The Keith Medal was historically awarded every four years for a scientific paper published in

136-607: A succession of locations: Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh is an award in its own right that entitles fellows to use of the initialism or post-nominal letters FRSE in official titles. The Royal Medals are awarded annually, preferably to people with a Scottish connection, who have achieved distinction and international repute in either life sciences, physical and engineering sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences or business and commerce. The Medals were instituted in 2000 by Queen Elizabeth II, whose permission

170-724: A villa at Torquay , where he was appointed honorary lecturer at the Parish church of St Mary Magdalene, Upton. He died in Torquay on 21 March 1857. He is buried in the churchyard at Upton and commemorated by a memorial which is decorated with mariner's compass and dividers, and a Bible. He is also memorialised on the family grave in Whitby . His sister Arabella Scoresby was mother to the physician Robert Edmund Scoresby-Jackson FRSE . A number of places have been named after him, including: Herman Melville 's main character Ishmael quotes Scoresby in

204-604: Is bounded in the north by the Lindeman Fjord and Albrecht Bay of Hochstetter Bay , in the east by the Greenland Sea , in the south by the Young Sound and Gael Hamke Bay and in the west by A. P. Olsen Land . To the south and southwest across Young Sound lies large Clavering Island , close off northeast Sabine Island , and close off north Kuhn Island . Cape Wynn is the peninsula's easternmost point. Wollaston Foreland

238-496: Is mountainous. Its highest point is the massive-looking 1444 m high Dombjerg , located in the western section near the isthmus. Other important mountains are Zackenberg , Kuplen, Nålene, Cardiocerasbjerg, Aucellabjerg, Murbjerg, Hühnerbjerg, Clark Bjerg and Herschell Bjerg. This Greenland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . William Scoresby William Scoresby FRS FRSE (5 October 1789 – 21 March 1857)

272-507: Is named in H. P. Lovecraft 's science fiction-horror novella , At the Mountains of Madness , as having observed and drawn "some of the wilder forms" of arctic mirages. Royal Society of Edinburgh The Royal Society of Edinburgh ( RSE ) is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan basis and provides public benefit throughout Scotland . It

306-517: The Cetology chapter of Moby-Dick : "'No branch of Zoology is so much involved as that which is entitled Cetology,' says Captain Scoresby, A.D. 1820." Philip Pullman 's His Dark Materials trilogy features a character named Lee Scoresby , an intrepid explorer, old Arctic hand, and balloon aeronaut. Pullman has stated that the character was named after William Scoresby and Lee Van Cleef . Scoresby

340-642: The Esk on his fifteenth whaling voyage from Whitby, Scoresby encountered grave problems when ice damaged his ship. With the aid of his brother-in-law's crew on board the John , and after agreeing to surrendering much of their catch, the Esk was repaired, of which Scoresby recounted in his 1820 book The Northern Whale-Fishery . In 1819, Scoresby was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . His proposers were Robert Jameson , John Playfair and Sir G S Mackenzie. About

374-472: The 1850s, the society once again unified its membership under one journal. During the 19th century, the society contained many scientists whose ideas laid the foundation of the modern sciences. From the 20th century onward, the society functioned not only as a focal point for Scotland's eminent scientists but also for the arts and humanities. It still exists today and continues to promote original research in Scotland. In February 2014, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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408-658: The Eastern Coast of Greenland (1823), appeared at Edinburgh. In 1824, the Royal Society elected him a fellow, and in 1827, he became an honorary corresponding member of the Paris Academy of Sciences . From the first, Scoresby worked as an active member and official of the British Association for the Advancement of Science , and he contributed especially to the knowledge of terrestrial magnetism . Of his sixty papers in

442-435: The Royal Society list, many relate to this department of research. However, his observations extended into many other departments, including researches on optics and, with James Joule , comparing electromagnetic (chemical), thermal (coal/steam), and organic (horse) power sources. To obtain additional data for his theories on magnetism, he made a voyage to Australia in 1856 on board the ill-fated iron-hulled Royal Charter ,

476-654: The arts, sciences and medicine, the most prestigious was the Society for the Improvement of Medical Knowledge, commonly referred to as the Medical Society of Edinburgh, co-founded by the mathematician Colin Maclaurin in 1731. Maclaurin was unhappy with the specialist nature of the Medical Society, and in 1737 a new, broader society, the Edinburgh Society for Improving Arts and Sciences and particularly Natural Knowledge,

510-522: The east coast, between 69° 30' and 72° 30', thus contributing to the first real and important geographic knowledge of East Greenland. This, however, proved to be the last of his Arctic voyages. On his return, he learnt of his wife's death, and this event, with other influences acting upon his naturally pious spirit, decided him to enter the church. Scoresby's Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale Fishery, including Researches and Discoveries on

544-517: The first time the fact that the polar ocean has a warmer temperature at considerable depths than it has on the surface, and each subsequent voyage in search of whales found him no less eager of fresh additions to scientific knowledge. His letters of this period to Sir Joseph Banks , whose acquaintance he had made a few years earlier, no doubt gave the first impulse to the search for the North-West Passage which followed. On 29 June 1816, commanding

578-586: The first volume of its new journal Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . Towards the end of the century, the younger members such as James Hall embraced Lavoisier 's new nomenclature and the members split over the practical and theoretical objectives of the society. This resulted in the founding of the Wernerian Society (1808–58), a parallel organisation that focused more upon natural history and scientific research that could be used to improve Scotland's weak agricultural and industrial base. Under

612-698: The hands of the Simeon Trust , since Charles Simeon 's death in 1836. His predecessor Henry Heap (died 1839), had let the administration slide. There were 13 Bradford curates, counting incumbent perpetual curates , who included Patrick Brontë and William Morgan (1782–1858) . There were new churches, such as St James's built by John Wood , and one at Wibsey under construction by the Hardy family, ironmasters. Scoresby addressed matters in hand, but succeeded only in generating contentious issues. On finance, he took on Wood in 1840, over surplice fees in his new church, and

646-633: The improvement of the condition of factory operatives. In 1850, Scoresby published a work urging the prosecution of the search for the Franklin expedition and giving the results of his own experience in Arctic navigation. Scoresby began divinity studies at Queens' College, Cambridge , enrolling under the ten-year divinity statute and thus becoming a ten-year man , and also became the curate of Bessingby , Yorkshire. In 1834 he received his bachelor's degree in divinity (BD) from Cambridge University, and in 1839,

680-678: The leadership of Prof. Robert Jameson , the Wernerians first founded Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (1808–21) and then the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (1822, Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal from late 1826), thereby diverting the output of the Royal Society's Transactions . Thus, for the first four decades of the 19th century, the RSE's members published articles in two different journals. By

714-485: The polar regions. Earlier results included his original observations on snow and crystals; and in 1809 Robert Jameson brought certain Arctic papers of his before the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh , which at once elected him to its membership. In 1811, Scoresby's father resigned to him the command of the Resolution . In the same year he married the daughter of a Whitby shipbroker. In his voyage of 1813, he established for

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748-479: The results of which appeared in a posthumous publication: Journal of a Voyage to Australia for Magnetical Research , edited by Archibald Smith (1859). He made two visits to America, in 1844 and 1848; on his return home from the latter visit he made observations on the height of Atlantic waves, the results of which were given to the British Association. He interested himself much in social questions, especially

782-695: The same time he communicated a paper to the Royal Society of London: "On the Anomaly in the Variation of the Magnetic Needle". In 1820, he published An Account of the Arctic Regions and Northern Whale Fishery , in which he gathers up the results of his own observations, as well as those of previous navigators. In 1820 and 1821 he commanded Fame on whale hunting voyages to the Greenland whale fishery. In 1821 he

816-520: The society's scientific journals, preference being given to a paper containing a discovery. It was awarded alternately for papers on mathematics and those on earth and environmental sciences. The medal was founded in 1827 as a result of a bequest by Alexander Keith of Dunnottar , the first treasurer of the Society. The Lady Margaret Moir Medal recognises exceptional achievements in physical, engineering and informatic sciences (including mathematics) by an early career researcher. Awardees are required to have

850-419: The whaler Resolution when on 25 May 1806, he succeeded in reaching 81°30' N. lat. (19° E. long), for twenty-one years the highest northern latitude attained in the eastern hemisphere. During the following winter, Scoresby attended the natural philosophy and chemistry classes at Edinburgh University , and again in 1809. In his voyage of 1807, Scoresby began the study of the meteorology and natural history of

884-592: Was accompanied on the Baffin (1820) of Liverpool to Greenland by George Manby , who wished to test a new type of harpoon for whaling , based on the same principles as his Manby mortar . Manby published his account in 1822 as Journal of a Voyage to Greenland , containing observations on the flora and fauna of the Arctic regions as well as the practice of whale hunting . In his voyage of 1822 to Greenland, Scoresby surveyed and charted with remarkable accuracy 400 miles of

918-610: Was an English whaler , Arctic explorer , scientist and clergyman. Scoresby was born in the village of Cropton near Pickering 26 miles (42 km) south-west of Whitby in Yorkshire. His father, William Scoresby (1760–1829), made a fortune in the Arctic whale fishery and was also the inventor of the barrel crow's nest . The son made his first voyage with his father at the age of eleven, but then returned to school, where he remained until 1803. After this he became his father's constant companion, and accompanied him as chief officer of

952-597: Was announced as the society's first female president, taking up her position in October. The Young Academy of Scotland was founded by the RSE in 2011. It aims to bring together young professionals (aged mid-20s to 40s) from the widest range of disciplines and regions in Scotland to provide ideas and direction for challenges facing Scotland. The members are roughly equal numbers of women and men, serve for five years and are selected from applicants every two years. In 2021 there were 134 members. The Royal Society has been housed in

986-509: Was awarded an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Divinity (DD). Clerical duties at Bessingby, and later at Liverpool , Exeter and Bradford , co-existed with his interest in science. He published numerous works and papers of a religious character. From 1839 to 1846 Scoresby was vicar of Bradford, Yorkshire , a "large, industrial, dissenting parish", also described as an "ever-expanding, raucous, restless industrial conurbation", 15 miles (24 km) across. The appointment to Bradford had been in

1020-538: Was established in 1783. As of 2021 , there are around 1,800 Fellows . The Society covers a broader range of fields than the Royal Society of London, including literature and history . The Fellowship includes people from a wide range of disciplines: science and technology, arts, humanities, medicine, social science , business, and public service . At the start of the 18th century, Edinburgh 's intellectual climate fostered many clubs and societies (see Scottish Enlightenment ). Though there were several that treated

1054-449: Was founded in 1887 by Robert Halliday Gunning , a Scottish surgeon, entrepreneur and philanthropist who spent much of his life in Brazil. This biennial lecture given at the Society was begun in 1931 at the bequest of Charles Preller and named after himself and his late wife, Rachel Steuart Bruce. It is usually (but not invariably) given by a Fellow either of the Royal Society of Edinburgh or

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1088-580: Was opposed by Wood's "factory movement" allies and others. St James's was closed for a period, and Wood moved away to the south. Scoresby believed in smaller catchment districts for churches; he clashed with Morgan over this issue. He tried unsuccessfully to divide the parish in 1843. Suffering a breakdown in health, Scoresby resigned as vicar in 1846, after a tour in the US to look at industrial conditions. He took no further permanent clerical posts. Scoresby married three times. After his third marriage (1849), he built

1122-519: Was required to make a presentation. Past winners include: The Lord Kelvin Medal is the Senior Prize for physical, engineering, and informatics sciences. It is awarded annually to a person who has achieved distinction nationally and internationally, and who has contributed to wider society by the accessible dissemination of research and scholarship. Winners receive a silver medal and are required to deliver

1156-549: Was split from the specialist medical organisation, which then went on to become the Royal Medical Society . The cumbersome name was changed the following year to the Edinburgh Philosophical Society. With the help of University of Edinburgh professors like Joseph Black , William Cullen and John Walker , this society transformed itself into the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783, and in 1788 it issued

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