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John Franklin

1786 - 1847

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Sir John Franklin (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Franklin is the 532nd most popular military personnel (down from 384th in 2019), the 1,162nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 712th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Military Personnel.

John Franklin is most famous for his explorations of the Northwest Passage.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Franklin ranks 532 out of 2,058. Before him are Reginald Dyer, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, Franz Böhme, Fyodor Ushakov, Viktor Lutze, and Dmitry Pavlov. After him are Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Adolf Heusinger, Lautaro, Oghul Qaimish, Mamai, and Köten.

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Among people born in 1786, John Franklin ranks 17. Before him are Friedrich Kuhlau, Davy Crockett, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, François-Édouard Picot, and Guadalupe Victoria. After him are Giovanni Battista Amici, Duke Pius August in Bavaria, Kunisada, Chief Seattle, Ludwig Börne, and Nathaniel Wallich. Among people deceased in 1847, John Franklin ranks 10. Before him are Fanny Mendelssohn, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Mary Anning, Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, Marie Duplessis, and Jules de Polignac. After him are Alexandre Brongniart, Adélaïde d'Orléans, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, Eugénie de Beauharnais, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, and Maria Schicklgruber.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Franklin ranks 1,162 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Hans Sloane (1660), Michael Jackson (1942), James Mill (1773), Samuel Crompton (1753), and Graham Chapman (1941). After him are Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428), Petula Clark (1932), Arthur Hailey (1920), Phil Taylor (1954), Marty Feldman (1934), and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Franklin ranks 25. Before him are Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Charles Lee (1731), Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), Harold Bride (1890), and Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861). After him are William Bligh (1754), James Paul Moody (1887), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), Frederick Browning (1896), and Arnold Jackson (1891).

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