Person DS/UK/2999 Richardson; Sir; John (1787-1865); physician, naturalist and Arctic explorer Richardson John Sir Male physician, naturalist and Arctic explorer 1787-1865 Born at Dumfries, Scotland, 5 Nov 1787; died at Grasmere, Westmorland, 5 June 1865

He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh; he became a naval surgeon in 1807; he was appointed in 1814 surgeon to the Royal Marines in North America; he was appointed naturalist and surgeon to John Franklin's overland Arctic expeditions of 1819-1821 and 1825-1826; he became chief medical officer of Melville Hospital, Chatham in 1828; he was appointed senior physician of the Royal Naval Hospital at Portsmouth in 1838, where he lived for most of the next 17 years; he was knighted in 1846; he was commander of one of the Franklin search expeditions (1848-1849); he retired from active duty in 1855 He published several works, including Fauna Boreali-Americana, 4 volumes (1929-1837), An Arctic Searching Expedition (1851) and The Polar Regions (1861) Eldest of 12 children of Gabriel Richardson and his wife Anne (Mundell); he married first Mary Stiven or Stevens (1818-1832), then Mary Booth (1833), by whom he had 7 children, and thirdly Mary Fletcher (1847) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Vol 9 by R.E. Johnson, 1976 (online); Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 (online) Yes staff 06/11/2018 DERBYSHIRE\71010800 23/12/2021 079756c2-ea61-4f5f-9c98-144bb1327fe1