Dudley Wolfe
Dudley Francis Cecil Wolfe (February 6, 1896 – July 30, 1939) was an American socialite. As a racing yacht owner and captain, he was the first person to race a sixty-foot yacht across the Atlantic, competing against much larger vessels. He was to inherit a large fortune from his maternal grandfather provided he changed his family name to "Smith", to which he agreed before reverting again. Wolfe became posthumously famous when he died on the 1939 American Karakoram expedition to K2 in controversial circumstances.
Dudley Wolfe | |
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Dudley Wolfe, cropped from an official 1939 expedition group photograph | |
| Born | Dudley Francis Cecil Wolfe February 6, 1896 New York, U.S. |
| Died | c. July 30, 1939 (aged 43) K2 mountain |
| Burial place | Godwin-Austen Glacier |
| Monuments | Rockland, Maine |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Dudley Wolfe Smith |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, socialite |
| Known for | Racing yacht owner/captain, 1939 American K2 expedition |
| Spouse |
Alice Blaine Damrosch
(m. 1934; div. 1938) |
| Children | none |
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