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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.
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 ...
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.
John Rae (singer songwriter) (born 1961), founder member of 80s Pop Rock band 'touch & Go!' John Rae (actor) (1896–1985), Scottish actor; John Rae (economist) (1796–1872), Scottish economist and author of Statement of Some New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy; John Rae (explorer) (1813–1893), Scottish explorer of the Arctic
Passage is a 2008 documentary film partly based on the book Fatal Passage about Sir John Franklin's lost expedition through the Northwest Passage. [1] The film explores the fate of the doomed mission, including John Rae's efforts to uncover the truth, and Lady Franklin's campaign to defend her late husband's reputation.
Pages in category "Scottish polar explorers" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... John Rae (explorer) John Richardson (naturalist)
Scottish explorer, first westerner to have travelled to the Niger River: John Rae: MD 1833 Scottish explorer, discovered the fate of the Franklin Expedition, discovered Rae Straight, showed that King William Land was an island Peter Mark Roget: MD 1798 British physician and author, published Roget's Thesaurus: Samuel Seabury: 1753
Timothy Pont (c. 1565–1614), cartographer and topographer, the first to produce a detailed map of Scotland; John Charles Walsham Reith (1889–1971), first Director General of the BBC; John Rennie (1842–1918), naval architect, Naval Constructor and Instructor for the Chinese Government; Jonathan Saunders, fashion designer