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William Epps Cormack 5 May — 30 April was a Scottish explorer, philanthropist, agriculturalist and author, born St. John's , Newfoundland. Cormack was the first person of European descent to journey across the interior of the island. His account of his travels was first published in Britain in Interested in studying and trying to preserve Native culture, he founded the Beothuk Institution in The son of a well-to-do Scottish family, Cormack was born in Newfoundland.

He traveled to Scotland to study at the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh , which were centres of the Enlightenment teaching and scholars. In he left the country to lead a group of Scottish emigrants to Prince Edward Island , where they settled on the Hunter River near Charlottetown. In , he returned to his native Newfoundland to carry on some family business and property interests.

Cormack decided to undertake a venture never before attempted by a European, to explore the interior of Newfoundland. His other goal was to make contact with the Beothuk and to establish friendly relationship with the few surviving native people.