George Murray Levick (1877-1956), founder of the British Schools Exploring Society. After a short medical career, Murray Levick joined the Royal Navy in 1910 but was quickly given leave of absence to accompany Captain Scott on his ill-fated 'Terra Nova' Expedition. Part of the Northern Party, Murray Levick was forced to overwinter on Inexpressible Island in a cramped ice cave with five other members of the expedition. On his return he served in the Grand Fleet and at Gallipoli in the 1914-18 War. After his retirement from the Royal Navy he pioneered the training of blind people in physiotherapy against much oppostion. In 1932 he founded the British Schools Exploring Society, of which he remained President until his death in June 1956. The work of the society was to take young men on expeditions to remote and unknown parts of the world.

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  • George Murray Levick (1877-1956), founder of the British Schools Exploring Society. After a short medical career, Murray Levick joined the Royal Navy in 1910 but was quickly given leave of absence to accompany Captain Scott on his ill-fated 'Terra Nova' Expedition. Part of the Northern Party, Murray Levick was forced to overwinter on Inexpressible Island in a cramped ice cave with five other members of the expedition. On his return he served in the Grand Fleet and at Gallipoli in the 1914-18 War. After his retirement from the Royal Navy he pioneered the training of blind people in physiotherapy against much oppostion. In 1932 he founded the British Schools Exploring Society, of which he remained President until his death in June 1956. The work of the society was to take young men on expeditions to remote and unknown parts of the world. At the time of his death, Major D. Glyn Owen, Chairman of the British Schools Exploring Society wrote: (en)
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  • George Murray Levick (1877-1956), founder of the British Schools Exploring Society. After a short medical career, Murray Levick joined the Royal Navy in 1910 but was quickly given leave of absence to accompany Captain Scott on his ill-fated 'Terra Nova' Expedition. Part of the Northern Party, Murray Levick was forced to overwinter on Inexpressible Island in a cramped ice cave with five other members of the expedition. On his return he served in the Grand Fleet and at Gallipoli in the 1914-18 War. After his retirement from the Royal Navy he pioneered the training of blind people in physiotherapy against much oppostion. In 1932 he founded the British Schools Exploring Society, of which he remained President until his death in June 1956. The work of the society was to take young men on expeditions to remote and unknown parts of the world. (en)
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