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James Clark Ross

James Clark Ross

British explorer and naval officer (1800–1862).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Award Received

Knight of the Legion of Honour
Fellow of the Royal Society
(12/11/1828)
Point in Time
: 12/11/1828
Founder’s Medal
(1842)
Followed By
:
Edward John Eyre
Follows
:
Henry Raper
Series Ordinal
:11
Award Rationale
: For his brilliant achievement at the South Pole, to within less than 12° of which he safely navigated hisvessels, discovering a great Antarctic continent
Point in Time
: 1842
Grande Médaille D'Or Des Explorations
(1843)
Point in Time
: 1843
Person of National Historic Significance

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Occupation

Explorer
Naturalist
Naval Officer
Botanist
Botanical Collector
Scientific Collector

Instance Of

Human

Date of Birth

4/15/1800

Date of Death

4/3/1862

Place of Birth

London
Finsbury Square

Place of Death

Aylesbury

Member Of

Royal Society
(12/11/1828 - )
Start Time
: 12/11/1828
Linnean Society of London

Given Name

James
Clark

Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Росс Джеймс Кларк
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Ross, James Clark (DNB00)
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q21620371
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q21620379
A Naval Biographical Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Ross, James Clark (NBD)
Obálky Knih
URL
:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url
Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Ross, Sir James Clark
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Ross, Sir James Clark
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Statement Is Subject Of
:
ACAB-1 / Ross, John (Explorer)

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James Clark Ross

Family Name

Ross

Relative

John Ross
Kinship to Subject
:
Uncle

Birth Name

James Clark Ross

Field of Work

Botany

Notable Work

The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror

Place of Burial

Aston Abbotts

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Kingdom of Great Britain
( - 1/1/1801)
End Cause
:
Acts of Union 1800
End Time
: 1/1/1801

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Writing Language

English

Father

George Ross

Mother

Christian Clark

Spouse

Anne Coulman
(10/18/1843 - )
Start Time
: 10/18/1843

Child

James Coulman Ross

Name in Native Language

James Clark Ross

Has Works in the Collection

J. Paul Getty Museum
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