Emil Bessels
(1846-1888)
German zoologist and Arctic researcher
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Emil Bessels (2 June 1847 – 30 March 1888) was a German zoologist, entomologist, physician, and Arctic researcher who is best known his controversial role in the attempted but ill-fated Polaris expedition to the North Pole in 1871. Circumstantial evidence strongly points to Bessels as the most likely suspect in the death of the expedition's commander, American explorer Charles Francis Hall, via arsenic poisoning.
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2 June 1846 Heidelberg, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Confederation
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30 March 1888 (aged 41) Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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