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Entry TypePerson
SurnameHood
ForenamesRobert
Epithetnaval officer and Arctic explorer
Dates1797-1821
Gender IdentityMale
HistoryHe joined the Royal Navy on 6 Feb 1809; he was appointed as a midshipman on Franklin's first overland expedition as a primary surveyor and artist, mapping the routes taken; he was shot in the head by an Iroquois voyageur, Michel Teroahaute, on 20 Oct 1821.
Key EventsBorn at Portarlington, Ireland, c.1797; died near Starvation Lake, North West Territories, Canada, 20 Oct 1821
SourceDictionary of Canadian Biography online
Authorised Form of NameHood; Robert (1797-1821); naval officer and Arctic explorer

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