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John Ross
Sir Ross
Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856).
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Wikipedia | John Ross (Royal Navy Officer)
Statements about
John Ross
Place of Birth
Stranraer
Place of Death
London
Country of Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Kingdom of Great Britain
Image
Date of Birth
6/24/1777
Date of Death
8/30/1856
8/21/1856
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Incorrect Value
Occupation
Explorer
Naval Officer
Painter
Military Officer
Polar Explorer
Botanist
Instance Of
Human
Given Name
John
Described by Source
10 items
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Statement Is Subject Of
:
ACAB-1 / Ross, John (Explorer)
Nordisk Familjebok
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Ross, John (1777-1856) (DNB00)
Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q21620371
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Ross, Dzhon
A Naval Biographical Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Ross, John (NBD)
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:
Росс Джон
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:
Ross, Sir John
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Ross, Sir John
Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada Europeo-Americana (1908-1930)
Section
:
Ross (Juan)
Volume
:
LII
Page(s)
:
429
Family Name
Ross
Place of Burial
Kensal Green Cemetery
Award Received
Founder’s Medal
(1834)
Series Ordinal
:
3
Follows
:
John Biscoe
Followed By
:
Alexander Burnes
Award Rationale
:
For his discovery of Boothia Felix and King William Land and for his famous sojourn of four winters in the Arctic
Point in Time
:
1834
Grande Médaille D'Or Des Explorations
(1834)
Point in Time
:
1834
Person of National Historic Significance
Relative
James Clark Ross
Kinship to Subject
:
Nephew
Sibling
Andrew Ross
Sex or Gender
Male
Name in Native Language
John Ross
Father
Andrew Ross
Has Works in the Collection
Musée National Des Beaux-Arts Du Québec
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Field of Work
Navy
Polar Expedition
External Pages About John Ross
ISNI
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
UK National Archives
Project Gutenberg Author
Semantic Scholar Author
Interlingual Index
Google Arts & Culture Entity
Wikidata
