James Wordie

Sir James Mann Wordie
Black and white photograph of James Wordie. He is wearing spectacles, has a beard and is wearing a heavy overcoat and rollneck jersey.
James Wordie, photographed on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914
Born(1889-04-26)26 April 1889
Glasgow, Scotland
Died16 January 1962(1962-01-16) (aged 72)
Cambridge, England
Resting placeChurch of the Holy Rude, Stirling
Other namesJock Wordie
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
St John's College, Cambridge
SpouseGertrude Henderson
AwardsCBE, FRS, FRSGS, LLD, W. S. Bruce Medal
Founder's Medal
Back Award
Scottish Geographical Medal

Sir James Mann Wordie CBE FRS FRSGS LLD (26 April 1889 – 16 January 1962) was a Scottish polar explorer and geologist. Friends knew him as Jock Wordie.

He was President of the Royal Geographical Society from 1951 to 1954.[1]

  1. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2019.