In office 28 May 1808 – 29 April 1823 (1808-05-28 – 1823-04-29)
Preceded by
Alexander Dalrymple
Succeeded by
Sir William Parry
Personal details
Born
Thomas Hannaford Hurd
before (1747-01-30)30 January 1747 Plymouth, Devon, England
Died
23 April 1823(1823-04-23) (aged 76) London, Middlesex, England
Occupation
Antarctic explorer, hydrographer
Military service
Branch
Royal Navy
Service years
1768–1823
Rank
Captain
Wars
American Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Thomas Hannaford Hurd (bapt. 30 January 1747 – 29 April 1823) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of captain, becoming the second Hydrographer of the Navy, a Superintendent of Chronometers and a Commissioner on the Board of Longitude. Hurd's Deep in the English Channel[1] and the Antarctic Hurd Peninsula are named after him; the latter being due to his role in the discovery of Antarctica.[2]
^Davies, Martin (1973). "Martin White RN". La Société Jersiaise. The Island Wiki. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
^"Hurd, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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