John Gregory
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John Gregory was a British sailor who died on the doomed Franklin expedition, in 1847.[1][2][3]
Gregory's remains were the first to be positively tied to his descendants by DNA analysis, in May 2021.[4][5]
The University of Cambridge's Scott Polar Research Institute Archives contains a collection of papers related to Gregory, including his correspondence with his wife.[6]
References
- ↑ Logan Turner (2021-05-07). "DNA used to ID sailor from doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition with living relative". CBC News. Archived from [cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/dna-analysis-franklin-expedition-1.6017100 the original] on 2021-05-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507171158/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/dna-analysis-franklin-expedition-1.6017100. Retrieved 2021-05-08. "'We now know that John Gregory was one of three expedition personnel who died at this particular site, located at Erebus Bay on the southwest shore of King William Island,' said Douglas Stenton, an adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of Waterloo in Ontario and co-author of the study."
- ↑ "Franklin expedition: DNA test identifies member of 1845 Arctic voyage". BBC News. 2021-05-07. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507045502/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57013327. Retrieved 2021-05-08. "Researchers from the University of Waterloo, Lakehead University, and Trent University say Gregory is the first member of the expedition to be positively identified through DNA."
- ↑ Anthony Capkun (2021-05-06). "Meet John Gregory of the Franklin Expedition, HMS Erebus engineer: This is the first member of the ill-fated expedition to be positively identified through DNA". Electronics Business. Archived from the original on 2021-05-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20210508070907/https://www.ebmag.com/meet-john-gregory-of-the-franklin-expedition-hms-erebus-engineer/. Retrieved 2021-05-08. "This is the first member of the ill-fated expedition to be positively identified through DNA."
- ↑ Bryan Pietsch (2021-05-05). "His Ship Vanished in the Arctic 176 Years Ago. DNA Has Offered a Clue.". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-05-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165930/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/science/hms-erebus-sailor.html. Retrieved 2021-05-08. "But recently, Gregory’s DNA and a sample from a descendant born in 1982 were matched, making him the first explorer from the trip whose remains have been positively identified through DNA and genealogical analyses — a process similar to that used in recent years to identify murder suspects and victims in cold cases."
- ↑ Yasemin Saplakoglu (2021-05-07). "First remains from doomed 19th-century Arctic expedition identified". Live Science magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507070234/https://www.livescience.com/franklin-expedition-dna-analysis-member-identified.html. Retrieved 2021-05-08. "The identification makes explorer Gregory's story clearer than all of the others: He survived for three years on the ice-locked ship and died about 47 miles (75 kilometers) south at Erebus Bay while trying to escape."
- ↑ "John Gregory collection". Scott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge. https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/929c11bf-8a22-3afb-85aa-150eeba10b84. Retrieved 2021-05-08. "The collection comprises of correspondence by Gregory to his wife written during the early stages of the British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, 1845-1848 (leader Sir John Franklin)"
