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Franklin, John, Sir
Person · 1786-1847

Sir John Franklin was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. After serving in wars against Napoleonic France and the United States, he led two expeditions into the Canadian Arctic and through the islands of the Arctic Archipelago, in 1819 and 1825, and served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1839 to 1843. During his third and final expedition, an attempt to transverse the Northwest Passage in 1845, Franklin's ships became icebound off King William Island in what is now Nunavut, where he died in June 1847

Frankfurt Zoo
Corporate body · 1858-

The Frankfurt Zoological Garden was founded in 1858 and is the second oldest zoo in Germany, after Berlin Zoological Garden. It lies in the eastern part of the Innenstadt. The Frankfurt Zoological Society was founded in 1858 by citizens of Frankfurt to establish the Zoological Garden, which it operated until the First World War. The city council then assumed responsibility for the zoo until 1950, when the FZS again became the zoo's development association

Franecy, Mrs
Person · 1892-

Office Cleaner at ZSL London Zoo

Francis, Samuel
Person · 1901-

Labourer and Foreman Labourer at ZSL London Zoo

Person · 1819-1861

Prince Albert of Sax-Coburg and Gotha was the consort of Queen Victoria from their marriage on 10th February 1840 until his death in 1861. He was President of the Zoological Society of London 1851-1862.

France, H
Person · 1899-

Temporary Helper at ZSL London Zoo