Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Baron Shackleton was a British geographer, Royal Air Force officer and Labour Party politician.
1969 photograph, by Godfrey Argent
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antar
Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton
…British geographer, Royal Air Force officer and Labour Party politician. Born in Wandsworth, London, Shackleton was the younger son of Emily Mary and Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer. Edward Shackleton was educated at Radley College, an independent boarding school for boys in Oxfordshire, followed by Magdalen…
Shackleton in 1904
Blue plaque marking Shackleton's home at 12 Westwood Hill, Sydenham, London Borough of Lewisham
Shackleton in 1901, aged 27
Discovery in Antarctic water