Thomas Morgan

Born [date unknown] in England, United Kingdom

Died 22 May 1854 in Nunavut, Canada

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Biography

Died on the search for the lost Franklin expedition in 1854 while serving on the H..M.S North Star. He had started on the expedition in 1850 on the HMS Investigator sailing from England around South America to Hawaii then through the Bering Strait. He and others finally met up with the HMS North Star in 1854. The rest of the crew continued back to England becoming the first to complete the Northwest Passage. More details are online.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.adventurecanada.com/canadian-high-arctic-and-greenland/top-of-the-world-beechey-islands-fourth-grave

• Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184719672/thomas-morgan: accessed February 15, 2024), memorial page for Thomas Morgan (unknown–22 May 1854), Find A Grave: Memorial #184719672, citing Beechey Island, Beechey Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada; Maintained by Karl Hartronft (contributor 46992368).
• https://www.adventurecanada.com/canadian-high-arctic-and-greenland/top-of-the-world-beechey-islands-fourth-grave