Francis Leopold McClintock

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Arctic explorer Irish person Royal Navy officer person

Francis Leopold McClintock was a 19th-century Irish Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer renowned for his pioneering sledge journeys and for leading the successful 1857–59 expedition that uncovered crucial evidence about the fate of Sir John Franklin’s lost expedition.

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Label	Occurrences
Francis Leopold McClintock canonical	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arctic explorer ⓘ Irish person ⓘ Royal Navy officer ⓘ person ⓘ
activeYears	mid-19th century ⓘ
areaOfActivity	Arctic Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Canadian Arctic Archipelago King William Island ⓘ Melville Island ⓘ
awardReceived	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ⓘ Royal Geographical Society Patron’s Medal ⓘ surface form: Patron’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Gold Medal ⓘ
birthDate	1819-07-08 ⓘ
birthPlace	County Louth ⓘ Dundalk ⓘ Ireland ⓘ
burialPlace	Kensal Green Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate	1907-11-17 ⓘ
described	discovery of the Franklin expedition record at Victory Point ⓘ
educatedAt	Royal Naval School, Dublin ⓘ
employer	Royal Navy ⓘ
familyName	McClintock ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Arctic exploration ⓘ
genre	exploration literature ⓘ
givenName	Francis ⓘ Leopold ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle	Sir ⓘ
hasPlaceNamedAfter	M'Clintock Channel ⓘ surface form: McClintock Channel McClintock Island ⓘ
influenced	later Arctic sledge travel techniques ⓘ
knownFor	discovering evidence of the fate of the Franklin expedition ⓘ leading the 1857–1859 Fox expedition ⓘ pioneering sledge journeys in the Arctic ⓘ search for Sir John Franklin ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
method	man-hauled sledge travel ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	Admiral ⓘ
name	Francis Leopold McClintock self-link ⓘ
nationality	Irish ⓘ
notableExpedition	1848–1849 James Clark Ross Franklin search expedition ⓘ 1852–1854 Belcher Arctic expedition ⓘ 1857–1859 Fox expedition ⓘ
notableWork	The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas ⓘ
occupation	explorer ⓘ naval officer ⓘ
positionHeld	Admiral in the Royal Navy ⓘ
shipCommanded	Fox ⓘ
spouse	Annette Elizabeth Delap ⓘ

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Franklin expedition → searchLedBy → Francis Leopold McClintock ⓘ

Francis Leopold McClintock → name → Francis Leopold McClintock self-link ⓘ

Jane Griffin → supportedExplorer → Francis Leopold McClintock ⓘ