Surname: Ede Forename(s): Charles b. 1823. d. 1912. Nationality: English.
Poet. Pseudonym: “K.,” “X.,” “C. E.” Surgeon in the Royal Navy. Served as the Assistant
surgeon and statuary on the Assistance, a ship that was sent to search for the Franklin Expedition (1850-1851). Received
an Arctic Medal for his services. Left the navy in 1852 and opened a private surgical
practice in Guilford, Surrey. Author of Warm Hearts in Cold Regions: A Tale of Arctic Life (1864). Biographical information: At the Circulating Library; BL; Glenn M. Stein, “The Franklin Expedition 50th Anniversary Commemorations: Arctic
Veterans and Medals from the Frozen Zone,” The Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society, vol. 49, no. 2, 2010, p. 4. (CC)