1825 - 1846
John Torrington English Explorer
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| First Name |
John
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| Middle Name |
Shaw
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| Last Name |
Torrington
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| Full Name at Birth |
John Shaw Torrington
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| Alternative Name |
John Shaw Torrington
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1824
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| Birthplace |
Manchester, England
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| Died |
1st January, 1846
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| Place of Death |
Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada
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| Cause of Death |
Pneumonia
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| Buried |
Beechey Island, Beechey Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada
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| Height |
5' 4" (163 cm)
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| Build |
Slim
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| Hair Color |
Blonde
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
English
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| Occupation Text |
Explorer and Royal Navy stoker.
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| Occupation |
Explorer
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| Claim to Fame |
Part of the Franklin expedition to find the Northwest Passage, but died early in the trip and was buried on Beechey Island
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John Shaw Torrington (1825 — 1 January 1846) was an explorer and Royal Navy stoker. He was part of an expedition to find the Northwest Passage, but died early in the trip and was buried on Beechey Island. His preserved body was exhumed in 1984, to try to determine the cause of death. It was the best preserved example of a corpse since the ancient Tollund Man which was found in the 1950s.
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