Edward John Eyre

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colonial administrator explorer human

Edward John Eyre was a 19th-century British explorer and colonial administrator known for his expeditions in Australia and his controversial governorship of Jamaica.

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Label	Occurrences
Edward John Eyre canonical	11
Edward Eyre	5

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial administrator ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Gold Medal ⓘ surface form: Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Medal
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1815-08-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1901-11-30 ⓘ
describedBySource	19th-century British historical records ⓘ
educatedAt	Luton Grammar School ⓘ
employer	Colonial Office ⓘ surface form: British colonial administration
familyName	Eyre ⓘ
givenName	Edward ⓘ
hasCauseOfNotoriety	harsh measures during the Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
hasPartInName	Edward John Eyre self-link ⓘ
knownFor	crossing the Nullarbor Plain ⓘ suppression of the Morant Bay Rebellion ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
middleName	John ⓘ
notableEvent	Eyre’s 1840–1841 expedition from Adelaide to King George Sound ⓘ
notableFor	exploration of inland Australia ⓘ governorship of Jamaica ⓘ
notableWork	Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia ⓘ
occupation	colonial administrator ⓘ explorer ⓘ politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Bedfordshire ⓘ England ⓘ Whipsnade ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Devon ⓘ England ⓘ Tavistock ⓘ Walreddon Manor ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of Jamaica ⓘ Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province ⓘ Protector of Aborigines in South Australia ⓘ Resident Magistrate in South Australia ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
residence	Devon ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ South Australia ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Adelaide Ormond ⓘ
subjectOf	Eyre controversy in Britain ⓘ
traveledTo	Jamaica ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ South Australia ⓘ Western Australia ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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Eyre Peninsula → namedAfter → Edward John Eyre ⓘ

Eyre → hasNotableBearer → Edward John Eyre ⓘ

Walreddon Manor, near Tavistock, Devon, England → hasNotableResident → Edward John Eyre ⓘ

subject surface form: Walreddon Manor

Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province → officeHolder → Edward John Eyre ⓘ

Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia → author → Edward John Eyre ⓘ

Eyre controversy in Britain → hasMainSubject → Edward John Eyre ⓘ

Eyre controversy in Britain → involvesEvaluationOf → Edward John Eyre ⓘ

Luton Grammar School → educated → Edward John Eyre ⓘ

Edward John Eyre → hasPartInName → Edward John Eyre self-link ⓘ

Eyre Highway → namedAfter → Edward John Eyre ⓘ

John → usedBy → Edward John Eyre ⓘ

Eyre Defence Committee → namedAfter → Edward John Eyre ⓘ