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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-09-24 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-09-11 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007486b.htm person Koettlitz Reginald AACR2 23 December 1860 January 1916 Place of Birth Ostend, Belgium Place of Death Port Elizabeth, South Africa Physician Antarctic explorer Reginald Koettlitz was a medical practitioner who trained at Guy's Hospital, London. His first polar experience was as surgeon with the Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic Expedition to Franz Josef Land, during which he learned valuable polar survival techniques. His geological studies on this Expedition earned him membership of the Royal Geographical Society, London. Between 1898 and his appointment to the British National Antarctic Expedition in 1901 he travelled in Abyssinia, Somaliland and Brasil. As surgeon and botanist on the Antarctic expedition, Koettlitz devoted much time to pioneering studies of the lichens, mosses and phytoplankton of the region, and was the first to describe the flora of Ross Island. Many of his collections from the Expedition are in the Natural History Museum, London. He also took the first coloured photographs in Antarctica. After the Expedition he practiced in South Africa. Koettlitz Island in the Franz Josef Land archipelago and Koettlitz Glacier, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, were named in his honour. 1888 1888 Education - Qualified as physician, Guy's Hospital, London 1888 1894 Career event - In practice, Butterknowle, County Durham, United Kingdom 1894 1897 Career position - Physician and geologist, Jackson-Harmsworth Arctic Expedition to Franz Josef Land 1898 1898 Life event - Travelling in Abyssinia and Somaliland 1900 1900 Life event - Travelling in Brasil 1901 1904 Career position - Surgeon and botanist, British National Antarctic Expedition British National Antarctic Expedition (1901 - 1904)

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 'Koettlitz, Reginald', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Koettlitz, Reginald Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: Dr Reginald Koettlitz Anon Obituary: Dr Reginald Koettlitz 1916 Geographical journal 47 2 150-1 Book: Scott's forgotten surgeon: Dr Reginald Koettlitz, polar explorer Jones, Aubrey A. Scott's forgotten surgeon: Dr Reginald Koettlitz, polar explorer Dunbeath, Scotland Whittles Publishing 2011 Journal Article: Dr Reginald Koettlitz (1860-1916): Arctic and Antarctic explorer Guly, Henry Dr Reginald Koettlitz (1860-1916): Arctic and Antarctic explorer 2012 Journal of Medical Biography 20 4 141-7