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Edward Radcliffo Garth Ru ell, English sailor and explorer. The son of a barrister and born in 1881, he was educated at the Merchant Taylors School, London, and in 1897 entered the navy. in 1902-4 he was with the Discovery relief expedition in the Antarctic. In 1909 he went with Scott on his expedition, and, ag second in command, took charge after Seott’s death. During the Great War, as commander and then captain, he served with the fleet, and in 1917, in command of the S#roke and the Swift, defeated six German destroyers. He received the D.S.O. and the C.B., and many honours from learned societies, and wrote South with Scott and other books.