Three history of science PhD researchers, including Aleksandra Kaye (UCL History), have been named as the first to be awarded a Freer Prize Fellowship at the Royal Institution.Aleks KayeAleksandra, Katy Duncan from the University of Cambridge, and Vi
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Considered one of the greatest navigators and explorers of all time, the Royal Navy captain was celebrated as a British national hero and icon before his death in 1779. Cook charted New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia on his ship HMS Endeavour in 1770, paving the way for British settlement. He joined the British Merchant Navy as a teenager and then moved to the Royal Navy in 1755.