Francis Leopold McClintock
(1819-1907)
Royal Navy admiral
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Sir Francis Leopold McClintock KCB FRS (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. He confirmed explorer John Rae's controversial report gathered from Inuit sources on the fate of Franklin's lost expedition, the ill-fated Royal Navy undertaking commanded by Sir John Franklin in 1845 attempting to be the first to traverse the Northwest Passage.
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8 July 1819 Dundalk, County Louth
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| Died |
17 November 1907 (aged 88) Kensington, London, England
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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