Scottish shipmaster, whaler and arctic explorer (1809–1892)
For other people named William Penney, see William Penney (disambiguation).
Cpt Penny in a portrait by Stephen Pearce
Captain William Penny (1809–1892) was a Scottish shipmaster, whaler and Arctic explorer. He undertook the first maritime search for the ships of Sir John Franklin. In 1840, Penny established the first whaling station in the Cumberland Sound area on Kekerten Island.[1]
Captain WilliamPenny (1809–1892) was a Scottish shipmaster, whaler and Arctic explorer. He undertook the first maritime search for the ships of Sir John...
WilliamPenny Brookes (13 August 1809 – 11 December 1895) was an English surgeon, magistrate, botanist, and educationalist especially known for founding...
secretary of the class and driving force behind the Olympian Games was Dr WilliamPenny Brookes who was inspired to create these events through his work as...
Church and the Guildhall. The Wenlock Olympian Games, established by WilliamPenny Brookes in 1850, are centred in the town. Brookes is credited as a founding...
: 43–44 Pierre de Coubertin, a French pedagogue and historian, adopted WilliamPenny Brookes' idea to establish a multi-national and multi-sport event—the...
The Maine penny, also referred to as the Goddard coin, is a Norwegian silver coin dating to the reign of Olaf Kyrre King of Norway (1067–1093 AD). It...
Commons has media related to Penny Mordaunt. Wikiquote has quotations related to Penny Mordaunt. Official website Penny Mordaunt at the Conservative Party...
Will Penny is a 1968 American Western film written and directed by Tom Gries and starring Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett and Donald Pleasence. The picture...
variants were: George Penny who settled in the Barbados in 1635; WilliamPenny settled on Eastern Long Island prior to 1740; Charles Penny settled in Maryland...
however, there was no delivery system until William Dockwra and his partner Robert Murray established the London Penny Post in 1680. They set up a local post...
Games in the modern era. Their success provided further inspiration for WilliamPenny Brookes in England, whose games had been running since 1850, and the...
"Henny Penny", more commonly known in the United States as "Chicken Little" and sometimes as "Chicken Licken", is a European folk tale with a moral in...
Louise Penny (born July 1, 1958) CM OQ is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of francophone...
Helen Bates "Penny" Chenery (January 27, 1922 – September 16, 2017) (married names: Penny Tweedy until 1974 and later Penny Ringquist until 1980) was an...
The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system. It was first issued in the United Kingdom on 1 May 1840 but...
all. The group consisted of Nannie "Penny" Coulter (Sharpe), and her three brothers, Johnny, Donald and William. The songs were recorded sometime between...
poet William Farr, epidemiologist and early bio-statistician William Henry Griffith Thomas (1861–1924), evangelical Anglican theologian WilliamPenny Brookes...
chastises Russell for betraying William. He then calls Penny, wanting to meet with her, but she tricks him by giving him William's address instead of her own...
a 30-year-old black man who was homeless, was choked to death by Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old white former Marine. Neely boarded the train at the Second...
William Brookes may refer to: WilliamPenny Brookes (1809–1895), English surgeon William Brookes (New South Wales politician), member of the New South...
In 1849, he joined the whaler Advice under the command of Scotsman WilliamPenny, in what was the first of many unsuccessful attempts to find Franklin...
Laurie Penny (born Laura Barnett, 28 September 1986) is a British journalist and writer. Penny has written articles for publications including The Guardian...