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| | Sir John Richardson |
 | | RICHARDSON, Sir John, Scottish naturalist, born in Dumfries, Scotland, 5 November, 1787; died near Grasmere, Scotland, 5 June, 1865. |
 | | He was surgeon and naturalist to Sir John Franklin in his arctic expeditions in 1819-'22 and 1825-'7, and in the latter, with one detachment of the party, explored the coast east of Mackenzie river to the mouth of Coppermine river. |
 | | He commanded one of the three expeditions that went in search of Sir John Franklin in 1848, and returned in November, 1849. |
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