# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-evans
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:47:18.827Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-evans"
name: "Edgar Evans"
slug: "edgar-evans"
description: "Petty Officer Edgar Evans was a Welsh Royal Navy petty officer and member of the \"Polar Party\" in Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole in 1911–1912. This group of five men, personally selected for the final expedition push, attained the Pole on 17 January 1912. The party perished as they attempted to return to the base camp."
tagline: "Welsh explorer (1876–1912)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgar_Evans.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1876-03-07"
deathDate: "1912-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           12.92394266666667
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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sources:
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    title: "Едгар Еванс"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Evans_(Polarforscher)"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Evans"
    title: "Edgar Evans"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Evans"
    title: "Edgar Evans"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Evans"
    title: "Edgar Evans"
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    title: "Edgar Evans"
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    title: "אדגר אוונס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Evans"
    title: "Edgar Evans"
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  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Evans"
    title: "Edgar Evans"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Evans"
    title: "Edgar Evans"
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  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump