James Weddell FRSE was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S—a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarctic Circle—and into a region of the Southern Ocean that later... Wikipedia
Born: August 24, 1787, Ostend, Belgium
Died: September 9, 1834 (age 47 years), London, United Kingdom
Parents: Sarah Pease