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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 1848 to 1851.
Jul 18, 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).
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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 was born at the Hall of Clestrain, Orphir, on 30th September 1813. His father, also called John, was Orkney’s chief representative for the Hudson’s Bay Company, recruiting tenants, clerks and traders for new settlements in Rupert’s Land, a vast area that comprised a large portion of modern-day Canada as well as fragments of northern US states.
Orkney’s John Rae was one of the most successful of 19th century Arctic explorers. His success was largely due to his willingness to learn from the Inuit and First Nations people, who knew how to survive in inhospitable places. This attitude was highly unusual in the Victorian era of prejudice and racial arrogance.
John Rae, fur trader, explorer, surgeon, author (born 30 Sept 1813 in Orkney, Scotland; died 22 July 1893 in London, England). Rae was an expert doctor and outdoorsman known for surveying parts of the Canadian Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage , and for his 1854 reports on the Franklin Expedition 's fate.
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The Arctic Expeditions. By Fiona Gould, John Rae Society Archivist. John Rae had not planned to spend a good part of his life in arctic exploration. When he left Orkney at the age of 19 in 1833 on the Prince of Wales, his intention was to return that autumn. But trapped by early ice, the ship was forced to winter off Charlton Island in Hudson ...
