biography
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Christian, Fletcher
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| male
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| lived:
| (18th-c)
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| biography:
| Seaman and ringleader of the mutiny against Captain William Bligh on the Bounty in 1789, born in Cockermouth, Cumbria, NW England, UK. Educated at Cockermouth Grammar School, he declined to go to university, and joined the navy instead at the age of 18. He served with Bligh on various ships, and was selected by him as midshipman on the Britannia sailing to the West Indies in 1787. A close friendship developed, and Bligh appointed him as first mate on the Bounty. After the mutiny, Christian and eight other mutineers took refuge on Pitcairn I, where his descendents were found in 1808. In all probability, he was killed by the Tahitians. |
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