James Kerguelen Robinson (11 March 1859 – 1914) was an Australian
prospector
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Space exploration
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who was the first person born south of the
Antarctic Convergence
The Antarctic Convergence or Antarctic Polar Front is a marine belt encircling Antarctica, varying in latitude seasonally, where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the relatively warmer waters of the sub-Antarctic. Antarctic waters pr ...
.
Robinson Pass was named after him.
Life
Robinson was born in March 1859 on the
Kerguelen Islands to
James William Robinson, a captain and sailor, and his wife Jane Parsons Bentley while the couple was on a sealing voyage in the Antarctic Convergence. Robinson's middle name, Kerguelen, was taken from the island he was born on. Robinson Pass was named after him.
He married Alice Maud Wakefield in 1889.
Robinson died of dehydration in
Murchison in 1914 while he was prospecting in the western Australian desert.
See also
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Emilio Palma
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References
External links
Geni profile
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1859 births
1914 deaths
Australian prospectors
Deaths by dehydration
Accidental deaths in Western Australia