Richardson Sir John 1787-1865 Born In Dumfries Scotland Educated

at Edinburgh University. In 1807 entered the navy as assistant surgeon,

and took part in the attack on Copenhagen. In 1816 obtained the degree

of M.D. from Edinburgh; and in 1819 appointed surgeon and naturalist in

Franklin's Arctic expedition, spending the winter of that year in the

Saskatchewan district. In 1821 the party reached Fort Providence, and in

October, 1822, returned to England. In 1825 accompanied Franklin on his

second expedition to the north. In 1838 appointed physician to the Royal

Hospital at Haslar; in 1840 inspector of hospitals; and in 1846

knighted. Placed in command of an expedition sent to search for Franklin

in 1848, but returned to England without finding any trace of the

explorer. =Bib.=: Works: Arctic Searching Expedition; Fauna Boreali

Americana. For biog., see Dict. Nat. Biog.