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ROSS, SIR JOHN (1777-1856)

This article appears in Volume V23, Page 740 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: RON-SAC
ROSS, SIR JOHN (1777-1856) , British rear-
admiral
  and Arctic explorer, son of the Rev. Andrew Ross, minister of Inch, Wigtonshire, entered the Royal Navy in 1786, serving in the Mediterranean till 1789, and afterwards in the Channel. In 18o8 he acted as captain of the Swedish
Fleet
 , and in 1812 was promoted
commander
 . Six years later he was given the command of an Arctic expedition fitted out by the Admiralty, the first of a new
series
  of attempts to solve the question of a North-West passage. This expedition failed to discover much that was new, and somewhat prejudiced the Arctic reputation of its leader, who attained the rank of captain on his return: But in 1829, through the munificence of Mr (afterwards Sir)
Felix
 
Booth
 , he was able to undertake a second Arctic expedition, which, during an absence of four years, achieved important geographical and scientific results. On his return Captain Ross was the recipient of gold medals from the English and French geographical societies, and of various foreign orders, ,jncluding a
knighthood
  of the Pole
Star
  of Sweden, and in the following year (1834) received a
knighthood
  and a C.B. at
home
 . In 1850 he undertook a third voyage to the Arctic regions, this time in
search
  of Sir John Franklin, and in the following year he attained flag-rank. His publications include Voyage of Discovery for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay (1819); Narrative of a Second Voyage in
Search
  of a North-West Passage, including the Discovery of the North Magnetic Pole (1835); Memoirs and Correspondence of Lord De Saumerez (1838).


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