William Evans Hoyle
Encyclopedia
Dr William Evans Hoyle was the first director of the National Museum of Wales between 1909 and 1926. Trained as a medical anatomist, Hoyle is most famous for his monographic studies on cephalopods from major exploring expeditions of his era including the Challenger
, the Albatross
, the British National Antarctic Expedition and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
.
Challenger expedition
The Challenger expedition of 1872–76 was a scientific exercise that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. The expedition was named after the mother vessel, HMS Challenger....
, the Albatross
HMS Albatross
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albatross, after the seabird, the Albatross. A seventh was planned but never completed: was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1795 and sold in 1807. was a survey schooner purchased in 1826 and sold in 1833. was a 16-gun brig launched in 1842 and...
, the British National Antarctic Expedition and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition , 1902–04, was organised and led by William Speirs Bruce, a natural scientist and former medical student from the University of Edinburgh. Although overshadowed in prestige terms by Robert Falcon Scott's concurrent Discovery Expedition, the SNAE completed...
.