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  1. John Rae (1813-1893) Dr. John Rae, who spent 22 years in British North America, accurately mapped more miles of North America’s unknown northern coastline - excluding Hudson Bay - than did any other explorer. A frugal Orkney Islander, his explorations were the most thrifty ever undertaken. Unusually adaptable and a crack shot, he learned ...

  2. John Rae (1 June 1796, Footdee, Aberdeen – 12 July 1872, Staten Island, NY), was a Scottish/Canadian economist. Life [ edit ] Rae was one of six children to merchant shipbuilder John Rae and Margaret Cuthbert.

  3. 约翰·雷(John Rae)(1796年6月1日出生,苏格兰阿伯丁郡阿伯丁-1872年7月12日去世,死于纽约,纽约,美国),苏格兰裔美国经济学家,医师和老师。 Rae在阿伯丁大学和爱丁堡大学接受经典,数学和医学方面的教育,他以发明家,自然科学家以及经济学家而著称。

  4. John Rae was baptised on 14 October 1813, the son of John Rae in Clestrain, factor to Sir William Honyman, and Margaret Glen. The entry in the Old Parish Register (OPR) for Orphir in Orkney records that he was baptised by Gavin Hamilton, minister of Hoy and the witnesses were William Wall of Skaill and Robert Watt of Kirkwall.

  5. Born and raised in the Orkney Islands, Dr John Rae joined the Hudson's Bay Company and rose to be Chief Factor. Unusually tough and intelligent, he explored much of northern Canada, mapping the north eastern shore and finding controversial evidence of the lost Franklin expedition of 1845. A talented botanist, geologist, anthropologist and ...

  6. John Rae, born September 30, 1813, was the fourth son of John Rae and Margaret Glen of the Hall of Clestrain. The "Hall of Clestrain", a one-and-one-half storey stone building built in 1769 by Patrick Honeyman, is said to be the only building in Orkney with a basement.

  7. Brief Life History of John. From Ancestry.com: John Rea In the Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840 Name: John Rea [John Ray] [John Rae] Probate Date: 20 Mar 1732 Residence Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, British America Occupation: Yeoman Probate Type: testate Inferred Death Year: 1732 Inferred Death Place: Massachusetts ...