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William Scoresby FRS FRSE (5 October 1789 – 21 March 1857), was an English whaler, Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman. Scoresby was born in the village of Cropton near Pickering 26 miles (42 km) south-west of Whitby in Yorkshire. His father, William Scoresby (1760–1829), made a fortune in the Arctic whale fishery and was also the inventor of the barrel crow’s nest. The son made his first voyage with his father at the age of eleven, but then returned to school, where he remained until 1803.  After this he became his father’s constant companion, and accompanied him as chief officer of the whaler Resolution when on 25 May 1806, he succeeded in reaching 81°30′ N. lat. (19° E. long), for twenty-one years the highest northern latitude attained in the eastern hemisphere. During the following winter, Scoresby attended the natural philosophy and chemistry classes at Edinburgh University, and again in 1809.