biography
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Belcher, Sir Edward
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| male
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| lived:
| (1799–1877)
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| biography:
| British naval commander, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, SE Canada. He entered the navy in 1812, and explored the W coast of America (1836–42). In 1852 he commanded a fruitless expedition sent out to search for Sir John Franklin. He was knighted in 1867. |
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