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Captain George Comer (April 1858 – 1937) was considered the most famous American whaling captain of Hudson Bay, and the world's foremost authority on Hudson Bay Inuit in the early 20th century.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Frozen in: Capt. Comer and the Hudson Bay Inuit )〕 Comer was a polar explorer, whaler/sealer, ethnologist, cartographer, author, and photographer. He made 14 Arctic and three Antarctic voyages in his lifetime. These expeditions (ca. 1875–1919) commonly began in New London, Connecticut or New Bedford, Massachusetts. Comer's circle of friends and colleagues included other notable explorers of the time, such as Robert Peary and Capt. Frederick Cook,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coll. 102, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. )〕 and his mentor, Franz Boas, the "Father of American Anthropology". ==Personal life== Comer was born in Quebec City, Quebec in 1858. His father was English, and his mother was Irish. The family immigrated to the United States in 1860〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Radnor's Navigation Officer Lt. jg George Comer )〕 and Comer grew up in East Haddam, Connecticut. He attended school for only two years.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CAPTAIN GEORGE COMER of East Haddam, Connecticut (1858–1937) )〕 After Comer's father was lost at sea, his mother couldn't support the children. Subsequently, Comer spent time in an orphanage and an East Haddam foster home.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EAST HADDAM'S CAPTAIN COMER )〕 In 1877, Comer (age 19), married Julia Chipman (age 20; born in Pennsylvania) and they made their home on Mount Parnassus Road in East Haddam. They had two children: daughter, Nellie G. (born April 1878), and son, Thomas L. (April 1886 – 1930), a seaship officer.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Captain George Comer and wife Julia next to their house, East Haddam )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Comer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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