Robert John McClure
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir Robert McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier McClure, Vice-Adm. Sir Robert John LeMesurier McClure, M'Clure, Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier M‘Clure
Royal Navy admiral and arctic explorer (1807–1873)
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Vinony's link graph records 560 inbound references to Robert John McClure, and connects out to history of Antarctica, Order of the Bath and William Edward Parry.
It is catalogued under topics including 1807 births, 1873 deaths and 19th-century Irish explorers.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1807
- Died
- 1873
- Works
- 18
Top works
- "The North-west passage."
- The Arctic dispatches
- The North-west Passage
- The north-west passage
- The discovery of a North-West passage by R. McClure during the years 1850-1851-1852-1853-1854
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Wexford
- Place of death
- Portsmouth
- Occupation
- botanical collector
- Conflict
- Second Opium War
- Military branch
- Royal Navy
- Military rank
- vice admiral
- Image
- Robert McClure.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- date of birth
- 1807-01-28
- date of death
- 1873-10-17
- place of burial
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- member of
- American Antiquarian Society
- name in native language
- Robert John Le Mesurier McClure
- Commons category
- Robert McClure
- birth name
- Robert McClure
- relative
- Oscar Wilde
- Commons Creator page
- Robert McClure
- P6944
- Robert John McClure
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Connections
history of Antarctica
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Order of the Bath
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William Edward Parry
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Henry Frederick Stephenson
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Iceland
Country
Antarctica
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Alaska
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Greenland
Concept
Arctic Ocean
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Oscar Wilde
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Southern Ocean
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Roald Amundsen
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James Cook
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North Pole
Concept
Ireland
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Guangzhou
City
South Pole
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Arctic
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Edmund Hillary
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Fridtjof Nansen
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Categories
1807 births1873 deaths19th-century Irish explorersBritish explorers of the ArcticBurials at Kensal Green CemeteryCompanions of the Order of the BathExplorers of CanadaIrish explorers of the ArcticKnights BachelorPeople from Wexford, County WexfordPersons of National Historic Significance (Canada)Royal Navy vice admirals