Bernard Stonehouse is a British

United Kingdom

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 scientist who specialised in polar research and popular science

Popular science

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. He was born in Hull

Kingston upon Hull

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 on 1 May 1926. He joined the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 in 1944, and served from 1946–1950 for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (later renamed the British Antarctic Survey

British Antarctic Survey

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). After returning to Britain in 1950, Stonehouse studied zoology and geology at University College, London

University College London

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, and then earnt a D.Phil.

Doctor of Philosophy

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 from Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology

Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology

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 and Merton College, Oxford

Merton College, Oxford

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, which involved spending 18 months studying Emperor Penguin

Emperor Penguin

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s on South Georgia. During the 1960s, Stonehouse worked at the University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury

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 (Christchurch, New Zealand) and later appointments saw him working at the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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, the University of Bradford

University of Bradford

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, and the Scott Polar Research Institute

Scott Polar Research Institute

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 (part of the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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). He is commemorated in the names of Stonehouse Bay

Stonehouse Bay

Stonehouse Bay is a bay in Antarctica on the west side of Laubeuf Fjord, indenting the east coast of Adelaide Island between Hunt Peak and Sighing Peak. The bay is 5 nautical miles wide. It was first sighted and surveyed in January 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot...

 and Mount Stonehouse

Mount Stonehouse

Mount Stonehouse is a peak, 2,900 m, standing 3.5 nautical miles southwest of Mount Falla in Queen Alexandra Range. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition for Bernard Stonehouse who has made studies of Antarctic penguins and seals....

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