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him and he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. 
His last work was a most interesting life of the elder 
Scoresby entitled My Father, Dr Scoresby died at Torquay 
on March 21st, 1857 1 . 
The Scoresbys stand in the front rank, combining 
most able and efficient work as seamen and whaling 
captains with zealous promotion of discovery and scien- 
tific research. At the same time Captain Marshall of 
Hull held a like position in the Davis Strait fishery. 
By these fisheries, due to the discoveries of our earlier 
Arctic worthies, several communities in England and 
Scotland were enriched during a long series of years, 
and the welfare of the whole kingdom was advanced. 
Further discovery received advocacy through the reports 
of whaling captains, and an unequalled nursery for 
British seamen was securely established. 
1 His life was written by his nephew, Scoresby Jackson. 
