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Entry Type	Person
Surname	McClintock
Forenames	Francis Leopold
Pre Title	Sir
Epithet	navy officer and Arctic explorer
Dates	1819-1907
Gender Identity	Male
History	He went on several expeditions to the Arctic from 1848 to 1854. In 1857 he was given command of The Fox by Lady Franklin in a privately funded expedition to look for evidence confriming the fate of Sir John Franklin's expedition. In 1859 he returned with the written memorandum confirming Franklin's death and the abandonment of the ships. He published his account of the expedition in the same year. He was knighted in 1860.
Key Events	Born in Dundalk, Co.Louth, 18 July 1819
Source	Oxford Dictiornary of National Biography online
Authorised Form of Name	McClintock; Sir; Francis Leopold (1819-1907); navy officer and Arctic explorer

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