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Died. 1870 (aged 78–79) George Pollard Jr. (c. 1791–1870) was the captain of the whalers Essex and Two Brothers, both of which sank. Pollard's life, including his encounter with the sperm whale that sank Essex, served as inspiration for Captain Ahab, the whale-obsessed character in Herman Melville 's Moby-Dick. [1][2]
3 days ago · George Fitz Randolph Pollard III. August 2, 1951 - September 27, 2024. George Fitz Randolph Pollard III, "Trip", passed away in his home on 9/27/24 surrounded by his family and friends. Born in Cranford, New Jersey, Trip was preceded in death by his parents, George Fitz Randolph Pollard, Jr. and Floy Kilmer Pollard, as well as his brother ...
Captain George Pollard Jr. was just 29 years old when the Essex went down, and he survived and returned to Nantucket to captain a second whaling ship, Two Brothers. But when that ship wrecked...
Could it be, Keogh wondered, that they had stumbled across the long-lost Two Brothers, infamous in whaling history as the second vessel that Capt. George Pollard Jr. managed to lose at sea?
6 days ago · Trip is survived by his wife, Lorrie Pollard; his sister, Leslie May (Jim); his brother, David Pollard (Carol); his daughter Amanda Curns (Josh); his grandchildren, Tyler, Morgan, Kaleb,...
Dec 10, 2015 · The ship, which was led by a 29-year-old captain named George Pollard, Jr., was destroyed, leading the crew on an epic journey of fate, fear and cannibalism. Their tale of survival would eventually serve as inspiration for Herman Melville’s "Moby Dick."
Nov 2, 2020 · In November 1820, a vengeful sperm whale sank Captain George Pollard Jr.'s Nantucket whaleship "Essex" in the South Pacific, leaving the crew adrift for 90 days.
