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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Cresson, Pennsylvania
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Washington, D.C.
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American explorer Robert Edwin Peary is best known for claiming to be the first person to reach the geographic North Pole.

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Robert Edwin Peary was an American explorer who faced great criticism in his day for claiming to be the first person to reach the geographic North Pole. It is now suspected that he may have been 30 - 60 miles short of the pole, but is still credited with the achievement. Some modern critics focus on Peary's alleged mis-treatment of the Inuit people.

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