Rae, John, 1813-1893
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Name (Latin)
Rae, John, 1813-1893
Date of birth
1813-09-30
Date of death
1893-07-22
Occupation
Authors
Explorers
Fur traders
Surgeons
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- LAC internal file, May 16, 2019(surgeon, fur trader, explorer, and author; born September 30, 1813 at the Hall of Clestrain in the parish of Orphir, Orkney Islands, Scotland; sixth child and fourth son of John Rae and Margaret Glen Campbell; died July 22, 1893 in London, and was buried at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Scotland; employee of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1833 to 1856)
- Richards, R.L. Dr. John Rae, c1985.
- LC data base, 7/30/86(hdg.: Rae, John, 1813-1893)
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John Rae
Stephen Pearce, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
John Rae (Inuktitut: ᐊᒡᓘᑲ, [aɡluːka]; 30 September 1813 – 22 July 1893) was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada. He was a pioneer explorer of the Northwest Passage. Rae explored the Gulf of Boothia, northwest of the Hudson Bay, from 1846 to 1847, and the Arctic coast near Victoria Island from 1848 to 1851. In 1854, back in the Gulf of Boothia, he obtained credible information from local Inuit peoples about the fate of the Franklin Expedition, which had disappeared in the area in 1848. Rae was noted for his physical stamina, skill at hunting, boat handling, use of native methods, and ability to travel long distances with little equipment while living off the land.
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