Frederick William Beechey FRS (17 February 1796 – 29 November 1856) was an English naval officer, artist, explorer, hydrographer and writer. He was the...
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The island was named after the artist William Beechey (1753–1839) by his son Frederick William Beechey (1796–1856), who was then serving as Parry's lieutenant...
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Sir William Beechey RA (12 December 1753 – 28 January 1839) was a British portraitist during the golden age of British painting. Beechey was born at Burford...
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William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham Baring Roderick Murchison Henry Rawlinson...
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explorers including John Ross; David Buchan; William Edward Parry; Frederick William Beechey; James Clark Ross (nephew of John Ross); George Back; Peter Warren...
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British portrait painter Henry William Beechey (1788–1862) British painter and Egyptologist Frederick William Beechey (1796–1856), English naval officer and...
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prehistory, Fairway was documented by James Cook in 1778 and named by Frederick Beechey in 1826. Although uninhabited, the island is a nesting site for seabirds...
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William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham Baring Roderick Murchison Henry Rawlinson...
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Pelham Aldrich Sir Horatio Austin Sir George Back Sir John Barrow Frederick Beechey Sir Edward Belcher David Buchan Sir Richard Collinson Samuel Cresswell...
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Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, PC (1 November 1782 – 28 January 1859), styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known between...
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from which he would follow the coast westward and possibly meet Frederick William Beechey who would try to sail northeast from the Bering Strait. With him...
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William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham Baring Roderick Murchison Henry Rawlinson...
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HMS Talbot, which arrived at Beechey Island just as the overcrowded North Star was about to sail. The men left Beechey Island on 29 August 1854. The...
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searchers found relics, graves, and human remains of the Franklin crew on Beechey Island, King William Island, and the northern coast of the Canadian mainland...
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Pelham Aldrich Sir Horatio Austin Sir George Back Sir John Barrow Frederick Beechey Sir Edward Belcher David Buchan Sir Richard Collinson Samuel Cresswell...
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Pelham Aldrich Sir Horatio Austin Sir George Back Sir John Barrow Frederick Beechey Sir Edward Belcher David Buchan Sir Richard Collinson Samuel Cresswell...
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and interviews with Inuit. Franklin's men spent the winter of 1845–46 on Beechey Island, where three crew members died and were buried. After travelling...
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Pelham Aldrich Sir Horatio Austin Sir George Back Sir John Barrow Frederick Beechey Sir Edward Belcher David Buchan Sir Richard Collinson Samuel Cresswell...
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William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham Baring Roderick Murchison Henry Rawlinson...
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Roderick Murchison 1853–1855 Francis, Earl of Ellesmere 1855–1856 Frederick William Beechey 1856–1859 Sir Roderick Murchison 1859–1860 George, Earl de Grey...
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William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham Baring Roderick Murchison Henry Rawlinson...
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William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham Baring Roderick Murchison Henry Rawlinson...
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William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham Baring Roderick Murchison Henry Rawlinson...
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Pelham Aldrich Sir Horatio Austin Sir George Back Sir John Barrow Frederick Beechey Sir Edward Belcher David Buchan Sir Richard Collinson Samuel Cresswell...
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William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham Baring Roderick Murchison Henry Rawlinson...
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Bay to the east. Point Franklin was named by British mariner Frederick William Beechey on August 15, 1826, after Lieutenant (afterwards Sir) John Franklin...
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Pelham Aldrich Sir Horatio Austin Sir George Back Sir John Barrow Frederick Beechey Sir Edward Belcher David Buchan Sir Richard Collinson Samuel Cresswell...
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William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham Baring Roderick Murchison Henry Rawlinson...
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William J. Hamilton William Smyth Roderick Murchison Francis Egerton Frederick Beechey Roderick Murchison Bingham Baring Roderick Murchison Henry Rawlinson...
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Pelham Aldrich Sir Horatio Austin Sir George Back Sir John Barrow Frederick Beechey Sir Edward Belcher David Buchan Sir Richard Collinson Samuel Cresswell...
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