1819
Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer (died 1907)
Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer (died 1907)
Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer (died 1907)
Leopold McClintock
Irish Royal Navy Admiral and explorer (1819–1907)
- Born
- 1819
Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. He confirmed explorer John Rae's controversial report gathered from Inuit sources on the fate of Franklin's lost expedition, the ill-fated Royal Navy undertaking commanded by Sir John Franklin in 1845 attempting to be the first to traverse the Northwest Passage.