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Entry Type	Person
Surname	Wall
Forenames	Richard
Epithet	Cook
Dates	fl 1800-1845
Gender Identity	Male
Biography	He was the cook in the Antarctic expedition of Sir James Clark Ross on board H.M.S. Erebus in 1839-1843; he stayed on as the cook on H.M.S. Erebus in Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition, which set off in 1845
Key Events	Originally from Staffordshire or Hull in Yorkshire
Source	Erebus by Michael Palin, 2018
Authorised Form of Name	Wall; Richard (fl 1800-1845); Cook

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