Water Aid Quiz/ Explorers,adventures And Pioneers Real Or Imaginary C/d 31/5

[owllady]

32) A Devonshire lad who was a student at Oxford and a Member of Parliament (3,6,7)
48) A globe trotting, red haired 15 year old who may have been the inspiration for a comic book hero(5,4)
49) Studied medicine at Edinburgh University and practiced as a doctor in Peebles (5,4)
53) After the death of her second husband she began running as an inner voyage through grief (5,5,4))
55) A grocers apprentice who aged 16 joined the Merchant Navy, and learnt skills in geometry, navigation and astronomy (5,4)
56) The son of John and Bridget whose astronomical observations greatly advanced the science of navigation (6,9)
And any clue for picture 8 for those who may be doing this quiz

Thanks for any help

[emeritus]

55 James Cook

[cashier]

55 James Cook

[emeritus]

49 Mungo Park

[emeritus]

48 Palle Huld

[emeritus]

53 Rosie Swale Pope

[owllady]

Thank you emeritus and cashier
Just 32 and 56 to go plus the picture

[emeritus]

32 Sir Walter Raleigh

[JJ109]

32 Sir Walter Raleigh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh

[owllady]

Thank you both

[cashier]

56 George Vancouver

[bows13]

8 American frontiersman known as kit