| Authorised form of name | Franklin; Sir; John (1786 - 1847) |
| Dates | 1786 - 1847 |
| Place of birth | Lincolnshire, England |
| Date of birth | 16 April 1786 |
| Place of death | King William Island, Canada |
| Date of death | 11 June 1847 |
| Occupation | Polar explorer |
| Activity | Career:
Joined the Royal Navy (1800); present at the battle of Copenhagen (1801); sailed in the Investigator with Matthew Flinders; Signal Midshipman on Bellerophon at battle of Trafalgar (1805); Lieutenant serving off New Orleans (1814-1815); Arctic exploration commanding Trent (1818); overland journey from Hudson's Bay, Canada, to Baffin's Bay (1819); further arctic exploration, then served in the Mediterranean (for 3 years); Lieutenant Governor, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) (1836); arrived in Tasmania (1837); recalled to England (1843); never returned from final arctic expedition (set out 1845)
Honours:
Kt 1829
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/02/1823 |
| Relationships | His niece married Alfred, Lord Tennyson (FRS 1865) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; AE
Authority:
Deathplace from The Times, 11 June 2001;
References:
G E Fogg, FRS, 'Lead astray', review of Owen Beattie and John Geiger, Frozen in time: the fate of the Franklin expedition in NR 2002 vol 56 p 119
A Savours, 'A New Life of Sir John Franklin FRS. Deadly winter: the life of Sir John Franklin, by M Beardsley' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 249-250 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/75094584 |
| Code | NA7486 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/001546 | Franklin, Sir John | nd |
| EC/1822/25 | Franklin, Sir John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/001545 | Franklin, Sir John | nd |
| MM/19/67 | Letter from James Yates to William Sharpey, Secretary, Royal Society | 15 September 1866 |
| IM/001544 | Franklin, Sir John | nd |
| MC/6/35 | Letter from F L [Francis Leopold] McClintock, Captain, Royal Navy, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House | 22 September 1859 |
| MC/4/333 | Letter from [John Henry] Pelly, Hudson's Bay House, to the [Earl of Rosse] President of the Royal Society and to the Council | 14 March 1850 |
| MC/4/298 | Letter from Jane Franklin, 21 Bedford Place, to the Earl of Rosse, [President of the Royal Society] | 15 November 1849 |
| MC/4/304 | Letter from [John] Parker, [First Secretary to the] Admiralty, to the Earl of Rosse, President of the Royal Society | 28 November 1849 |
| MS/426/417 | Copy letter from S H [Samuel Hunter] Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir J K Pelly | 11 April 1850 |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| AP/23/25 | Unpublished observations, 'Register of tides at Port Arthur [Australia]' by T J [Thomas James] Lempriere | 1839 |