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John Rae FRS FRGS (Inuktitut: ᐊᒡᓘᑲ, ; 30 September 1813 – 22 July 1893) was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada. He was a pioneer explorer of the Northwest Passage . Rae explored the Gulf of Boothia , northwest of the Hudson Bay , from 1846 to 1847, and the Arctic coast near Victoria Island from 1848 to 1851.
John Rae was born in Edinburgh on 8 June 1966 to Scottish parents Margaret and Ronnie Rae. Rae was brought up in the Sighthill area of the city before moving to Livingston as a teenager. He attended St. Kentigern's Academy, Blackburn in West Lothian. John and his other five siblings were encouraged by their father and mother, both jazz ...
John Rae (biographer) (1845–1915), Scottish journalist and biographer of Adam Smith; John Rae (politician) (1904–1979), politician of the New Zealand National Party; John Rae (headmaster) (1931–2006), English novelist, journalist and headmaster; John A. Rae (born 1945), Canadian businessman, political organizer, and political adviser
In 1854, the explorer John Rae found himself at the centre of one of the great controversies of the nineteenth century – the fate of the Franklin expedition. With the British hoping to be first in the race to discover the Northwest Passage, the news Rae brought of starvation and cannibalism among final survivors set off a firestorm that would eclipse his own incredible accomplishments.
The Honeyman family later moved to the mainland, and the house was occupied by their agent, John Rae. The hall was the birthplace of Rae's son, the Arctic explorer John Rae, in 1813. Sir Walter Scott visited Rae's parents at the house in August 1814, while touring the north of Scotland. [1] Currently derelict, the house became a listed building ...
Rae was a prolific writer on education, his works including Letters to Parents, The Public School Revolution, and a professional autobiography, Delusions of Grandeur. His 1960 novel, The Custard Boys , shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rees Memorial Prize, was adapted to make the 1962 film Reach for Glory , which won a United Nations Award ...
Running from March 7-15, the festival will feature 96 movies and 16 series (plus short films, music videos and XR experiences) from the likes of Ben Affleck, Nicole Kidman, Issa Rae, Seth Rogen ...
The Canadian Economics Association awards the John Rae prize every two years since 1994 to the Canadian economist with "the best research record for the past five years." ." The prize has been named after John Rae (1796–1872) who did most of his work in Canada and was "a genuine precursor of endogenous growth theo