Harry Dewindt

Explorer

Birthday April 9, 1856

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace France

DEATH DATE Nov 30, 1933 (77)

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About

A Victorian-era explorer who published many books about his travels.

Before Fame

He dropped out of college to travel with his brother-in-law for two years.

Trivia

He traveled from Paris to New York and continued east across the Russian and Canadian frozen wilderness.

Family Life

His father was the military officer Captain Joseph Clayton Jennyns de Windt.

Associated With

Arthur Conan Doyle and Dewindt were both in a group called the Legion of Frontiersmen.