American naval officer, explorer (1888-1957)
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (25 October 1888 – 11 March 1957) was a U.S. Naval officer, aviator, and pioneering polar explorer.
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Birth Name:
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Alternative Names:
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr.
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Admiral Byrd
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Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr.
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Richard Byrd
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What I had not counted on was discovering how closely a man could come to dying and still not die, or want to die. That, too, was mine; and it also is to the good. For that experience resolved proportions and relationships for me as nothing else could have done; and it is surprising, approaching the final enlightenment, how little one really has to know or feel sure about.