Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Sir George Hubert Wilkins inducted into the Hall of Fame in
Sir George Hubert Wilkins was born in to a family of pioneer settlers and sheep farmers at Mount Bryan, kilometers north of Adelaide SA. Wilkins is widely regarded as one of the most remarkable explorers in history; for no one saw with his own eyes more undiscovered land and sea. Wilkins became a celebrated newsreel cinematographer in the early s, as well as a reporter, pilot, spy, war hero, scientist, and adventurer, capturing with his camera the first ever motion picture film of soldiers in battle, and shot the first moving pictures from an aircraft, he witnessed famine, cheated death repeatedly, met Kings, Queens, Presidents and Dictators, and circled the globe on a Zeppelin. Wilkins willingness to take risks made him Gaumont British News star cameraman and earned him a world-wide reputation.
Most Australians do not know of Wilkins. Along with the greats of polar exploration, including Shackleton in the Antarctic, Wilkins recognized the importance of new technologies such as the aeroplane and submarine. He helped map the Canadian Arctic and plumbed the ocean depths from the icecap. A pio
Antarctic achievements
Australian explorer, geographer, and aviator Hubert Wilkins pioneered flight at both Poles. Having participated in Arctic expeditions, including a trans-Arctic flight for which he was knighted, Wilkins first visited Antarctica in on the British Graham Land Expedition led by John Lachlan Cope. The following year, Wilkins joined Ernest Shackleton’s Quest expedition to sub-Antarctic South Georgia, making ornithological observations on the way.
Inspired by the success of his flight over the Arctic, Wilkins carried out the first aerial exploration of Antarctica at Graham Land in /9. Although many of his observations were disproved by later expeditions, his bird’s eye view influenced further exploration.
In , Wilkins joined American Lincoln Ellsworth’s three private attempts on the first trans-Antarctic flight. In , Ellsworth, together with pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, successfully completed the first flight across the continent from Dundee Island to the Ross Ice Shelf.
In , Wilkins again joined Ellsworth’s Antarctic expedition sailing on the Wyatt Earp with two aircraft. Before departure, Ellsworth had assured Wilkins that he had no intention of claimi
Play Productions:
- Henry VI, part 1, London, unknown theater (perhaps by a branch of the Queen's Men), circa
- Henry VI, part 2, London, unknown theater (perhaps by a branch of the Queen's Men), circa
- Henry VI, part 3, London, unknown theater (perhaps by a branch of the Queen's Men), circa
- Richard III, London, unknown theater (perhaps by a branch of the Queen's Men), circa
- The Comedy of Errors, London, unknown theater (probably by Lord Strange's Men), circa ; London, Gray's Inn, 28 December
- Titus Andronicus, London, Rose or Newington Butts theater, 24 January
- The Taming of the Shrew, London, Newington Butts theater, 11 June
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona, London, Newington Butts theater or the Theatre,
- Love's Labor's Lost, perhaps at the country house of a great lord, such as the Earl of Southampton, circa ; London, at Court, Christmas
- Sir Thomas More, probably by Anthony Munday, revised by Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, Shakespeare, and possibly Thomas Heywood, evidently never produced, circa
- King John, London, the Theatre, circa
- Richard II, London, the Theatre, circa
- Romeo and Juliet, London, the Theatre, circa
- A Midsummer Night'
William Shakespeare
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Who Was William Shakespeare?
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor of the Renaissance era. He was an important member of the King’s Men theatrical company from roughly onward. Known throughout the world, Shakespeare’s works—at least 37 plays, sonnets, and 2 narrative poems—capture the range of human emotion and conflict and have been celebrated for more than years. Details about his personal life are limited, though some believe he was born and died on the same day, April 23, 52 years apart.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: William Shakespeare
BORN: c. April 23,
DIED: c. April 23,
BIRTHPLACE: Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom
SPOUSE: Anne Hathaway ()
CHILDREN: Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: TaurusEarly Life
The personal life of William Shakespeare is somewhat of a mystery. There are two primary sources that provide historians with an outline of his life. One is his work, and the other is official documentation such as church and court records. However, these provide only brief sketches of specific events in his life and yield little insight into the man h
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