Emil Bessels
German physician, entomologist, zoologist and arctic researcher (1847-1888) · Doctors · Died at 40
Emil Bessels was a German zoologist, entomologist, physician, and Arctic researcher who is best known for his controversial role in the attempted but ill-fated American Polaris expedition to the North Pole in 1871.
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Circumstantial evidence strongly points to Bessels as the most likely suspect in the death of the expedition's commander, American explorer Charles Francis Hall, by arsenic poisoning.
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1847 to 1888 · aged 40
