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C. S. Wright

Canadian explorer (1887-1975)

PersonDied aged 88humanQ2325110

Also known as Silas Wright · Sir Charles Seymour Wright

Born: April 7, 1887
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1.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: November 1, 1975
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Birthplace: Toronto
Place of death: Saltspring Island
Citizenship: Canada
Occupation: explorer
, glaciologist
, physicist
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Education: University of Toronto
Employer: University of Cambridge

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Sir Charles Seymour Wright, nicknamed Silas Wright after novelist Silas K. Hocking, was a Canadian member of Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expedition of 1910–1913, the Terra Nova Expedition.

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SSweedie's Skate1914 · 1914 silent short film

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