Herbert Lawrence Bridgman

Background

Bridgman, Herbert Lawrence was born on May 30, 1844 in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Richard Baxter and Mary (Nutting) Bridgman.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1866, Master of Arts, 1869, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1920.

Career

In journalism, since 1864. Historian Peary Auxiliary Expedition, 1894. Assistant to Professor Libbey in scaling Mesa Encantada, New Mexico, 1897.

In command Peary auxiliary expeditions, South.S. Diana, 1899, and South.S. Erik, 1901.

Delegate of the United States, National Geography Society, Peary Arctic, Explorers and Arctic clubs, to International Congress for Study of Polar Regions, Brussels, Belgium, September 1906. United States delegate International Polar Commission, Brussels, 1908, Rome, 1913.

Lecturer, New York Board Education, since 1895. Chevalier Order of Leopold II, 1908.

Officer Order of Saint Alexander (Bulgaria).

Author: The Sudan-Africa from Sea to Center, 1905. Home: Brooklyn, New New York

Achievements

• Herbert Lawrence Bridgman has been listed as a noteworthy journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Helen Bartlett, September 7, 1887.

Father:

Richard Baxter Bridgman

Mother:

Mary (Nutting) Bridgman

Spouse:

Helen Bartlett