Dudley Wolfe

Dudley Wolfe
Dudley Wolfe, cropped from an official 1939 expedition group photograph
Born
Dudley Francis Cecil Wolfe

(1896-02-06)February 6, 1896
New York, U.S.[1]
Diedc. July 30, 1939(1939-07-30) (aged 43)
K2 mountain
Burial placeGodwin-Austen Glacier
MonumentsRockland, Maine[citation needed]
NationalityAmerican
Other namesDudley Wolfe Smith
Occupation(s)Businessman, socialite
Known forRacing yacht owner/captain, 1939 American K2 expedition
Spouse
Alice Blaine Damrosch
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(m. 1934; div. 1938)​
[2][3]
Childrennone

Dudley Francis Cecil Wolfe (February 6, 1896 – July 30, 1939) was an American socialite. As a racing yacht owner and captain, he was the first person to race a sixty-foot yacht across the Atlantic, competing against much larger vessels. He was to inherit a large fortune from his maternal grandfather provided he changed his family name to "Smith", to which he agreed before reverting again. Wolfe became posthumously famous when he died on the 1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2 in controversial circumstances.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference sandeman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Jordan (2010), p. 54.
  3. ^ Newsweek. Vol. 14. Newsweek. 1939. p. 79. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 30, 2018.