John Rae
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 130 years ago |
| Date of birth | September 30,1813 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Hall Of Clestrain |
| Orphir | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | July 22,1893 |
| Died | Kensington |
| London | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Alicia Thompson |
| Place of burial | St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, United Kingdom |
| Parents | Margaret Glen Campbell |
| John Rae | |
| Job | Surgeon |
| Education | Bishop's Stortford College Trotman House |
| Homefield Preparatory School | |
| Books | The Arctic Journals of John Rae |
| John Rae, Arctic Explorer: The Unfinished Autobiography | |
| Narrative of an expedition to the shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847 | |
| John Rae's Arctic Correspondence, 1844-1855 | |
| New Adventures of Alice | |
| Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration, 1844-1855 | |
| The Hedgers | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 461739 |
John Rae Life story
John Rae was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada, found the final portion of the Northwest Passage and reported the fate of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. In 1846–47 he explored the Gulf of Boothia northwest of Hudson Bay. In 1848–51 he explored the Arctic coast near Victoria Island.
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