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- John Rae, Orkneyman and seasoned wilderness traveller, had qualified as a surgeon in Edinburgh in 1832, aged only 19; he had seen virtually all the ailments and injuries that were likely to afflict people in the inhospitable environment of the Arctic.
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Young Dr Rae. Rae studied medicine at Edinburgh University and the Royal College of Surgeons, qualifying at the astonishing age of nineteen. His father was the agent for the Hudson’s Bay Company in Stromness at the time. Young Dr Rae signed on as ship’s surgeon on the Prince of Wales, bound for Canada. Stromness Harbour.
John Rae was born at the Hall of Clestrain, Orphir, on 30th September 1813, one of seven surviving children. His father (also called John) was the estate factor for William Honyman, later Lord Armadale, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, who lived in Lanark.
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
Jul 1, 2012 · ORCADIAN John Rae was the explorer time forgot, vilified and consigned to obscurity - but a BBC docudrama and an Orkney historian are helping to set the record straight.
Oct 6, 2023 · The younger John Rae grew up to become one of the most accomplished Arctic explorers, travelling thousands of miles on foot and by boat through uncharted regions of lakes, forests and tundra on the North American continent.
John Rae, Orkneyman and seasoned wilderness traveller, had qualified as a surgeon in Edinburgh in 1832, aged only 19; he had seen virtually all the ailments and injuries that were likely to afflict people in the inhospitable environment of the Arctic.
Sep 26, 2024 · John Rae (born Sept. 30, 1813, near Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scot.—died July 22, 1893, London) was a physician and explorer of the Canadian Arctic. Rae studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh (1829–33).
