Sir John Richardson (November 5, 1787 - June 5, 1865) was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer. Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He travelled with John Franklin between 1819 and 1822 in search of the Northwest Passage. Richardson wrote the sections on geology, botany and icthyology for the official account of the expedition. Wikipedia
John Richardsons father was a prosperous brewer, provost of Dumfries for one term, and a magistrate for many years. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38792
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