Robert E. Peary was born in 1856.
Sources
- Who Discovered the North Pole? (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum/educational-resources/arctic-biographies/peary.html (bowdoin.edu)
- https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/seabee/explore/civil-engineer-corps-history/robert-e--peary.html (history.navy.mil)
- https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/robert-edwin-peary (ebsco.com)
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