Fitzhugh Green Sr. (August 16, 1888 – December 2, 1947) was an arctic explorer on the

Crocker Land Expedition The Crocker Land Expedition took place in 1913. Its purpose was to investigate the existence of Crocker Land, a huge island supposedly sighted by the explorer Robert Peary from the top of Cape Colgate in 1906. It is now believed that Peary fraudul ...

and a writer.

Biography

He was born in

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on August 16, 1888, to Charles Edward Green, a cotton broker; and Isabelle Fitzhugh Perryman. He attended the

United States Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy (US Naval Academy, USNA, or Navy) is a United States Service academies, federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of ...

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and graduated in 1909. He was commissioned an

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in 1911. Green then received an

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from

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in 1913. From 1912 to 1913, he was assigned to the

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. In 1913, he requested the permission of the

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to join

Donald B. MacMillan Donald Baxter MacMillan (November 10, 1874 – September 7, 1970) was an American explorer, sailor, researcher and lecturer who made over 30 expeditions to the Arctic during his 46-year career. He pioneered the use of radios, airplanes, an ...

which lasted until 1916. While on that expedition, he shot and killed Peeawahto, his Inuit guide, but was never prosecuted for his deed. He was promoted to commander in March 1927. He married Natalie Wheeler Elliot on November 27, 1916, in

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. She was the daughter of Richard McCall Elliot, a business executive of Philadelphia. They had three children:

Fitzhugh Green Jr. Fitzhugh Green Jr. (September 12, 1917 – September 5, 1990) was an executive with Vicks Chemical Company and then with ''Life'' magazine. In 1954, he was the deputy vice-chairman for the National Citizens for Eisenhower/Nixon Congressional Co ...

, Elisabeth Farnum Green, who married Richard Hooker Wilmer; and Richard Elliot Green. The couple later divorced. On November 15, 1933, he married Margery Durant Campbell Daniel. She was the daughter of the automobile manufacturer

William Crapo Durant William Crapo Durant (December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry and co-founder of General Motors and Chevrolet. He created a system in which a company held multiple marques – each s ...

. She had been married threes times previously, first to Edwin R. Campbell, and then to

Robert Williams Daniel Robert Williams Daniel (September 11, 1884 – December 20, 1940) was an American banker who survived the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' in 1912, and later became a gentleman farmer and served in the Virginia Senate. Early and family li ...

and to John Hampton Cooper. Green also served in the Navy during

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. In September 1947, Fitzhugh Green and Margery were arrested for possession of

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along with a private detective, Clemens P. Deisler and they pleaded guilty. He died on December 2, 1947, at the

Danbury Hospital Danbury Hospital is a 456-bed hospital in Danbury, Connecticut serving patients in Fairfield County, Connecticut, as well as Westchester County and Putnam County, New York. The hospital has 3,300 employees and is part of the Nuvance Health s ...

in Danbury, Connecticut. Green authored the novel ''ZR Wins'' (1924), about a dirigible flight to the North Pole in search of a lost colony of

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