Edward Adams collection 1848-1851

Beechey, Frederick William, 1796-1856

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1806 joined the Royal Navy; 1806-1814 served in the Napoleonic Wars; 1814 appointed to the Tonnant, flagship of Sir Alexander Cochrane, commander-in-chief in North America; 1815 served in the boat operations on the lower Mississippi; 1815 lieutenant; 1818 appointed to the hired brig Trent, served on the Arctic expedition; 1819 appointed to the Hecla, served on a second voyage through the Arctic; 1821-1822 appointed to the survey ship, Adventure and participated in the survey of the ...

Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862

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Entered the navy in 1812 and accompanied W. E. Parry in four expeditions in Arctic regions. In 1831 Ross discovered the magnetic pole. Commanded Antarctic expedition, 1839-1842. From the description of Letters [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225765387 Epithet: Captain; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000161.0x0001ed Epithet: Captain; RN Knight 1843 Br...

Collinson, Richard, Sir, 1811-1883

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British army officer. From the description of Sir Richard Collinson papers, 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453968 ...

Franklin, John, 1786-1847

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British explorer, credited with discovery of Northwest Passage; died on his third arctic expedition, 1847. From the description of ALS, 1827 Nov. 29, London, to Catherine Franklin, Nottingham. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489346 Sir John Franklin, British naval officer and Arctic explorer. From the description of Sir John Franklin manuscript material : 2 items, 1819-1823 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 226044023 ...

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Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855

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Sir (William) Edward Parry: b 1790; entered Royal Navy 1803; Lt 1810; in 1818 he commanded the ALEXANDER, a hired brig under the orders of Captain John Ross in his expedition to the Arctic; in 1819 he was appointed to the HECLA, in command of an expedition to discover the north-west passage; promoted Commander, 1820 and Captain 1821; led a further three expeditions to the Arctic, 1821-1825; Hydrographer to the Admiralty, 1825; led a further expedition to the North Pole, 1827, reaching further no...

M'Clintock, Francis Leopold, Sir, 1819-1907

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Epithet: Captain RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x000272 ...

Franklin Jane 1792-1875

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Dyer, William, -1696

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William Dyer was a contemporary of the polar explorers Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) and Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862). From the guide to the William Dyer collection, 1848, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) Epithet: Perpetual Curate of Imber, county Wiltshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x000237 ...

British Naval Franklin Search Expedition Canada Arctic Archipelago 1850-1855

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Barrow John 1764-1849 Sir 1st Baronet Secretary of the Admiralty Travel Writer

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McClure, Robert John, Le Mesurier, 1807-1873.

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Back, George, Sir, 1796-1878

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Epithet: Admiral; of Add MS 46125 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000566.0x0002c1 Epithet: Captain; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000566.0x0002c3 ...

Skead Francis 1823-1891

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Phillips Charles Gerrans d 1872

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Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883

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Edward Sabine was born in 1788 and joined the Royal Artillery in 1803. While stationed on the Niagara frontier of Canada he began his studies into natural history, which were eventually to encompass ornithology, meteorology and the study of terrestrial magnetism. The latter study was his particular specialism and led to his attachment to the Arctic expeditions of John Ross (1777-1856) in the Isabella (1818) and Edward Parry (1790-1855) in the Hecla (1819-1820). During his long career he rose to ...

Rae, John, 1813-1893

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John Rae (b. Hall of Clestrain, UK, 30 September 1813 –d. Kensington, London, England, 22 July 1893) was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada, found the final portion of the Northwest Passage (Rae Strait, named after him) and reported the fate of the Franklin Expedition....

Adams Edward 1824-1890

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Beaufort, Francis, Sir, 1774-1857

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Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort: hydrographer of the British Navy and member of the Royal Society, creator of the wind force scale and weather notation coding, and author of Karamania, or, A brief description of the south coast of Asia-Minor and of the remains of antiquity (London, 1817). Beaufort was married twice. His first wife was Alicia Magdalena Wilson (d. 1834). In 1839 he married Honora Edgeworth, the daughter of his long-time friend Richard Lovell Edgeworth and sister of the novelist Maria...

Adams, Edward

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Epithet: of Latchford in Great Haseley county 0xon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x0000be Edward Adams was born in 1824. He served as assistant surgeon in HMS Investigator on the British Naval Franklin Search Expedition, 1848-1849 (leader Sir James Clark Ross) sent by the Admiralty to search for Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. The following year, Adams joined the British Naval Frankli...

British Naval Franklin Search Expedition Canada Arctic Archipelago 1848-1849

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