John Robert Francis Wild (18 April 1873 – 19 August 1939) was an English sailor and explorer. He participated in five expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, for which he was awarded the Polar Medal with four bars, one of only two men to be so honoured, the other being Ernest Joyce.
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John Robert Francis Wild 10 April 1873 Skelton-in-Cleveland, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
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19 August 1939 (aged 66) Klerksdorp, Transvaal Province, South Africa
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