1815 - 1848
John Irving (Royal Navy officer) Scottish Explorer
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Scottish Explorer John Irving (Royal Navy officer) was born John Irving on 8th February, 1815 in Edinburgh, Scotland and passed away on 25th Apr 1848 Victory Point, King William Island, Nunavut, Canada aged 33. He is most remembered for He served under Francis Crozier as Third Lieutenant on the ship HMS Terror during the 1845 Franklin Expedition which sought to discover and chart as-yet unexplored parts of the Canadian Arctic, including the Northwest Passage, and make scientific observations.. His zodiac sign is Aquarius.
John Irving (Royal Navy officer) is a member of the following lists: Recipients of the Polar Medal, People lost at sea and Explorers of the Arctic.
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| First Name |
John
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| Last Name |
Irving
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| Full Name at Birth |
John Irving
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| Alternative Name |
John Irving
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| Birthday |
8th February, 1815
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| Birthplace |
Edinburgh, Scotland
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| Died |
25th April, 1848
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| Place of Death |
Victory Point, King William Island, Nunavut, Canada
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| Buried |
Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland
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| Build |
Slim
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
Scottish
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| Occupation Text |
British officer in the Royal Navy and polar explorer
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| Occupation |
Explorer
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| Claim to Fame |
He served under Francis Crozier as Third Lieutenant on the ship HMS Terror during the 1845 Franklin Expedition which sought to discover and chart as-yet unexplored parts of the Canadian Arctic, including the Northwest Passage, and make scientific observations.
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John Irving (8 February 1815 – c. 1848) was a British officer in the Royal Navy and polar explorer. He served under Francis Crozier as Third Lieutenant on the ship HMS Terror during the 1845 Franklin Expedition which sought to discover and chart as-yet unexplored parts of the Canadian Arctic, including the Northwest Passage, and make scientific observations. All personnel of the expedition, including Irving, perished in and around King William Island in what is now Nunavut, Canada. Irving is one of the few men whose remains have been supposedly identified and re-interred in Britain.
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