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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 ...
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 ...
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
English: The memorial to John Rae, a 19th-century Arctic explorer, in St. Magnus's Cathedral, Orkney. The statue of Rae features a long gun, on which somebody had placed a rose. His grave is outside the cathedral
Christina Hall and Heather Rae El Moussa Getty Images (2) All are welcome in Christina Hall’s latest family photo. Before embarking on a fun-filled getaway to Utah, the Christina on the Coast ...
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