John Franklin

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Arctic explorer British explorer Royal Navy officer human

John Franklin was a 19th-century British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer best known for his ill-fated expedition to chart the Northwest Passage.

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Sir John Franklin 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic explorer ⓘ
British explorer ⓘ
Royal Navy officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthDate 1786-04-16 ⓘ
birthPlace Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ
commanded Franklin expedition ⓘ
surface form: Franklin's lost expedition

HMS Erebus ⓘ
HMS Terror ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathCircumstances died during Northwest Passage expedition ⓘ
deathDate 1847-06-11 ⓘ
deathPlace Arctic region ⓘ
surface form: Arctic Canada
educatedAt Royal Navy as a midshipman ⓘ
endTimeOfPosition 1843 ⓘ
expeditionObjective chart the Northwest Passage ⓘ
expeditionStartDate 1845 ⓘ
familyName Franklin ⓘ
fieldOfWork Arctic exploration ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasCauseOfDeath unknown, likely disease and starvation ⓘ
hasHonor Knight Bachelor ⓘ
influenced subsequent Arctic exploration ⓘ
knownFor Franklin expedition ⓘ
exploration of the Canadian Arctic ⓘ
Franklin expedition ⓘ
surface form: ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition
memorial cenotaph in Westminster Abbey ⓘ
statue in Waterloo Place, London ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank rear admiral ⓘ
name John Franklin self-link ⓘ
notableWork narratives of Arctic expeditions ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
placeOfOffice Tasmania ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ
surface form: Van Diemen's Land
positionHeld Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land ⓘ
sibling Thomas Franklin ⓘ
spouse Jane Griffin ⓘ
spouseNameAfterMarriage Jane Franklin ⓘ
startTimeOfPosition 1837 ⓘ
tookPartIn Coppermine expedition ⓘ
first overland expedition to the Arctic Ocean (1819–1822) ⓘ
second overland expedition to the Arctic (1825–1827) ⓘ

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Franklin expedition → commander → John Franklin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir John Franklin
Northwest Passage → exploredBy → John Franklin ⓘ
Franklin expedition → leader → John Franklin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir John Franklin
John Franklin → name → John Franklin self-link ⓘ
Franklin expedition → namedAfter → John Franklin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir John Franklin