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Sir Francis Leopold McClintock KCB FRS (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
Jul 4, 2024 · Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (born July 8, 1819, Dundalk, County Louth, Ire.—died Nov. 17, 1907, London, Eng.) was a British naval officer and explorer who discovered the tragic fate of the British explorer Sir John Franklin and his 1845 expedition to the North American Arctic.
Sir Francis Leopold McClintock by Stephen Pierce. (National Portrait Gallery, London) The last few years have seen a sudden resurgence of interest in the history of polar exploration, focused mainly on the major Antarctic expeditions of the early twentieth-century ‘heroic period’.
May 14, 2018 · Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907) was a British admiral and Arctic explorer. He mapped a great deal of hitherto-uncharted territory and made a number of geographical discoveries. Leopold McClintock was born on July 8, 1819, in Dundalk, Ireland.
Jan 2, 2008 · McClintock, Sir Francis Leopold. Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, explorer (b at Dundalk, Ire 8 July 1819; d at London, Eng 17 Nov 1907). One of the British navy's most experienced arctic explorers, he participated in several expeditions to search for Sir John FRANKLIN.
McClintock, Sir Francis Leopold (1819–1907), Royal Naval officer and Arctic explorer, was born 8 July 1819 at 1 Seatown Place, Dundalk, Co. Louth, eldest surviving son of Henry McClintock, collector of customs in Dundalk and formerly an officer in the 3rd Dragoon Guards, and his wife Elizabeth Melesina, daughter of the Ven. George Fleury, DD, ...
Sir Francis Leopold McClintock 1819 - 1907. occupation: Arctic explorer, Naval officer. Nationality: British. born in: Dundalk, Louth, Leinster, Ireland.
