Claim: George Comer was born in April 1858 and died in 1937, and he was known as a polar explorer.
Evidence: April 1858
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 1937
East Haddam, Connecticut, USA Polar explorer 
Captain George Comer (April 1858 – 1937) was considered the most famous American whaling captain of Hudson Bay, and the world's foremost authority on Hudson Bay Inuit in the early 20th century. Comer was a polar explorer, whaler/sealer, ethnologist, cartographer, author, and photographer.