Lady jane franklin gallery
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GRIFFIN, JANE (Franklin, Lady Franklin), world traveller, organizer of Arctic expeditions; b. 1792 in London, one of three daughters of John Griffin and Mary Guillemard, both of Huguenot stock; d. 18 July 1875 at London.
Jane Griffin was educated at home and at a small boarding school in Chelsea. She was a close friend of the poetess, Eleanor Anne Porden, first wife of John Franklin*, who died in 1825, only six days after Franklin had left England on his second Arctic overland expedition. When Franklin returned in 1827, he renewed his acquaintance with the Griffin family and in November 1828 he and Jane were quietly married. Five months later he was knighted.
During her youth, Jane had travelled throughout Britain and had frequently visited the Continent with her widowed father, a wealthy silk weaver, and with her sisters or friends. Now, as Lady Franklin, she continued to travel and to describe the events of a crowded life in voluminous journals and long letters. Between 1830 and 1833, when Franklin had command of a frigate on the Mediterranean
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Lady Jane Franklin: the first woman to be awarded a medal by the Society
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Born into a wealthy and well-educated family, Jane (1791-1875) travelled Europe with her father. The family was friendly with John Franklin, who was already well known for his overland Arctic expeditions (1819-1822 and 1825-1827).
Three years after the death of John's first wife, Eleanor (in 1825), Jane married John in 1828. Lady Jane accompanied her husband on his assignments, using them as opportunities to travel in company with her niece, Sophia (Sophy) Cracroft. When he was lieutenant-governor of Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), she visited Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, as well as Tasmania itself.
Recalled in 1844, Sir John was then chosen to lead the Admiralty’s latest attempt to find the Northwest Passage. The Erebus and Terror left England in 1845—they never returned.
Lady Jane took on the challenge of organising a search for her husband and his men. She fitted out five ships between 1850 and 1857. These included the Fox, commanded by Captain Leopold McClintock, which found
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Jane Griffin (Lady Franklin)
Jane Griffin, Lady Franklin (Londres, 4 de diciembre de 1791 – 18 de julio de 1875), fue una de las primeras mujeres pioneras en residir en Tasmania, viajera y segunda esposa del explorador inglés del Ártico John Franklin.
Biografía
[editar]Jane fue la segunda hija de John Griffin, un empleado y posteriormente director de la Goldsmith's Company, y de su esposa Jane Guillemard. Era de origen hugonote por las dos ramas de su familia. Nació en Londres, recibió una buena educación y su padre hizo todo lo posible para que completase su educación viajando a menudo por el continente. Su retrato, pintado cuando tenía 24 años por Amelie Romilly en Ginebra, nos la muestra como una joven guapa con encanto y vivacidad.
El matrimonio con John Franklin
[editar]Siendo joven, Jane se había sentido fuertemente atraída por un científico y médico de Londres, Peter Mark Roget. Ella dijo una vez que él era el único hombre que la hizo desmayarse, pero nunca llegó a nada esa relación. Jane había sido amiga de la primera esposa de John Franklin, Eleanor Anne Po
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