Sir John Franklin

(1786-1847)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847 NRA: Franklin, Sir John (1786-1847) Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Explorer DNB: Franklin, Sir John (1786-1847), naval officer and Arctic explorer LBT ID: JoFrank1847 VIAF ID: 75094584 LOC ID: n50025740	B/BAP: 1786-04-16 DIED: 1847-06-11
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
British explorer who led expeditions to the arctic in 1819-22 and 1825-27; he was lost during an attempt to discover the Northwest Passage.
REFERENCES TO Sir John Franklin: Charles Joseph Latrobe to John Murray, 15 December 1840 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 16: John Trotter Found 1: ¶ 2 Ch. 17: Contributors Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ n1 Ch. 19: James Perry Found 1: ¶ 13 Ch. 15: Learned Societies Found 1: ¶ 7 Charles Webb Le Bas to Francis Hodgson, 22 June 1852 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Found 1: ¶ 1 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter II. Found 1: ¶ 11 Chapter I. Found 1: ¶ 14 James Thomas Hodgson, Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter XXIII. 1840-52. Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXIII. Found 2: ¶ 74 ¶ n1 Chap. XXVII. Found 1: ¶ 43 Chap. XXIX. Found 1: ¶ 21 Chap. XXX. Found 1: ¶ 43 Chap. XXXIII. Found 1: ¶ 46 Chap. XXXIV.