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Matthew Alexander Henson

Matthew Alexander Henson

Reginald Culpepper · Wednesday, April 17th 2013 at 4:08PM · 2394 views
Matthew Alexander Henson (August 8, 1866 – March 9, 1955) was an African American explorer and associate of Robert Peary on various expeditions, the most famous being a 1909 expedition during which he was the first person to reach the Geographic North Pole.

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