John Franklin
1786–1847
Naval officer and Arctic explorer. Lieutenant-governor of Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), 1837–43. Leader of the 1845 expedition in search of a north-west passage during which all hands perished. Knighted, 1829. FRS 1823.
Sources
ODNB
Record of the Royal Society of London.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.
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