John Barrow FRS FRGS
(1764-1848)

Arctic explorer, Secretary of the Admiralty, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

Died aged c. 84

Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, FRS, FRGS, FSA (19 June 1764 – 23 November 1848) was an English geographer, linguist, writer and civil servant best known for term as the Second Secretary to the Admiralty from 1804 until 1845.

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Ulverston, United Kingdom

Sir John Barrow's Cottage. Arctic Explorer. Secretary of the Admiralty. Born 1764. Died 1848

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