Artillery officer, archaeologist, geologist, explorer
Spouse
Nina Agnes Paterson
(m. 1901)
Children
3
Relatives
Edward Douglas Fawcett (brother)
Military career
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1886–1910 c.1914–1919
Rank
Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit
Royal Artillery
Battles/wars
World War I
Awards
Distinguished Service Order 3 × Mentioned in despatches
Percy Harrison FawcettDSO (18 August 1867 – disappeared 29 May 1925) was a British geographer, artillery officer, cartographer, archaeologist, and explorer of South America. Fawcett disappeared in 1925 (along with his eldest son, Jack, and one of Jack's friends, Raleigh Rimell) during an expedition to find an ancient lost city which he and others believed existed in the Amazon rainforest.[1]
^Heckenberger, Michael J. (2009). "Lost Cities of the Amazon". Scientific American. 301 (4): 64–71. Bibcode:2009SciAm.301d..64H. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1009-64 (inactive 7 February 2024). PMID 19780454.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of February 2024 (link)
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