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John Franklin
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British naval officer and explorer (1786–1847)
Key facts
- Secretary
- John Montagu
- Preceded by
- Sir George Arthur
- Succeeded by
- Sir John Eardley-Wilmot
- Born
- ( 1786-04-16 ) 16 April 1786, Spilsby , Lincolnshire , England
- Died
- 11 June 1847 (1847-06-11) (aged 61), King William Island , North-Western Territory
- Spouses
- Eleanor Anne Porden ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 19 August 1823</span>"}]]}'>1823 ; died 22 February 1825</span>"}]]}'>1825 ) Jane Griffin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 5 November 1828</span>"}]]}'>1828 )
- Children
- Eleanor Isabella Franklin
- Branch
- Royal Navy
- Service years
- 1800–1847
- Rank
- Rear-Admiral
- Wars
- French Revolutionary Wars Battle of Copenhagen Napoleonic Wars Battle of Pulo Aura Battle of Trafalgar War of 1812 Battle of Lake Borgne ( Wounded in action</span>"}]]}'>WIA )
- Expeditions
- Coppermine expedition Mackenzie River expedition Franklin's expedition
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Franklin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Spilsby
- Place of death
- King William Island
- Spouse
- Eleanor Anne Porden
- Sibling
- James Franklin
- Occupation
- botanist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Franklin's lost expedition
- Field of work
- botany
- Military branch
- Royal Navy
- Military rank
- admiral
- Image
- John Franklin.jpg
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- Royal Geographical Society
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- John Franklin
- date of birth
- 1786-04-16
- date of death
- 1847-06-11
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- John Franklin
- name in native language
- John Franklin
- writing language
- English language
- has works in the collection
- Australian National Maritime Museum
- P8168
- Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
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- John Franklin
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Encyclopedic overview
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRS FLS FRGS (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator. After serving in the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, he led two expeditions into the Canadian Arctic and through the islands of the Arctic Archipelago, during the Coppermine expedition of 1819 and the Mackenzie River expedition of 1825, and served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1837 to 1843. During his third and final expedition, an attempt to traverse the Northwest Passage in 1845, Franklin's ships became icebound off King William Island in what is now Nunavut, where he died in June 1847. The icebound ships were abandoned ten months later, and the entire crew died from causes such as starvation, hypothermia, and scurvy.
Biography
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