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Francis Crozier

1796 - 1848

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Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier (; 17 October 1796 – disappeared 26 April 1848) was an Irish officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer who participated in six expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. In 1843, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society for his scientific work during his expeditions. Later, he was second-in-command to Sir John Franklin and captain of HMS Terror during what would become Franklin's lost expedition, to discover the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic, ending with the loss of all 129 crewmen in mysterious circumstances. Many places in the Arctic and Antarctic are named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Crozier is the 417th most popular explorer (down from 337th in 2019), the 4,093rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,816th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Francis Crozier ranks 417 out of 498. Before him are Edward John Eyre, Jørgen Jørgensen, Ernest Henry Wilson, Henry Kellett, Clements Markham, and Luke Foxe. After him are Christopher Middleton, Karl Mauch, Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, Isaac Israel Hayes, Gennady Nevelskoy, and Sámuel Teleki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, Francis Crozier ranks 59. Before him are Philippe Buchez, Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont, John M. Clayton, Frederick William Beechey, Phan Thanh Giản, and Joseph Meyer. After him are Robert Wight, Andreas von Ettingshausen, Karl Leberecht Immermann, John Torrey, George Back, and Henry De la Beche. Among people deceased in 1848, Francis Crozier ranks 56. Before him are George W. Campbell, Steen Steensen Blicher, Pedro Vélez, Vasily Stasov, Yevhen Hrebinka, and Heinrich Zschokke. After him are Avdotia Istomina, Javier de Burgos, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, Isaac D'Israeli, and Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Crozier ranks 4,094 out of 8,785. Before him are Martin Gilbert (1936), Adolph Deutsch (1897), Carey Mulligan (1985), Eddie Chapman (1914), Shirley Manson (1966), and John Bodkin Adams (1899). After him are Christopher Middleton (1690), Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923), Louis Fraser (1810), Jill Esmond (1908), Paul Sandby (1725), and William Harrison Ainsworth (1805).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Francis Crozier ranks 57. Before him are Frederick William Beechey (1796), George Nares (1831), Edward John Eyre (1815), Ernest Henry Wilson (1876), Clements Markham (1830), and Luke Foxe (1586). After him are Christopher Middleton (1690), Anthony de la Roché (1700), Alfred Maudslay (1850), Tobias Furneaux (1735), Boyd Alexander (1873), and John Gardner Wilkinson (1797).

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