Francis Crozier
Irish naval officer and polar explorer (1796–1848?) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier FRS FRAS (/ˈkroʊʒər/; 17 October 1796 – disappeared 26 April 1848) was an Irish officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer who participated in six expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. In 1843, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society for his scientific work during his multiple expeditions.[1] Later, he was second-in-command to Sir John Franklin and captain of HMS Terror during the Franklin expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, which ended with the loss of all 129 crewmen in mysterious circumstances.
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Born | (1796-10-17)17 October 1796 Banbridge, County Down, Kingdom of Ireland |
Disappeared | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Service years | 1810–1848 |
Rank | Captain |
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Multiple places in the Arctic and Antarctic are named after him.[2] He, alongside James Clark Ross and Richard Moody, was also responsible for selecting the location of the capital of the Falkland Islands, Port Stanley, in 1843.[3]