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Last Name Kellett

Given Name Henry

alt. Names H. K. ; Captain H. K. ;

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Year born 1806 (or 1807 ?) in Clonabody, Ireland

Year died 1875

Place of death in China OR in Clonabody, Ireland

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Education since 1822 trained as officer for British Royal Navy, spent 3 years in the West Indies,

Country of Activity United Kingdom

Worked for expeditions under William Fitzwilliam Owen in Africa ; Edward Belcher in East Indies ; H. M. S. Herald in polar region ;

Patronage

Collaborators Lieut. Wood ; R. N, during the Surveying Voyages of the Herald and Pandora ;

Techniques cartographical and geographical drawing

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Archival sources see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kellett and www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5072 for further biogr. refs. & lit.

Published sources Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online ; John Blake: Vermessung der Meere. Historische Seekarten (2007: 51 & 132) ;

other Famous as officer of the Royal Navy, polar researcher & oceanographer; became Senior Officer in the West Indies in 1855 & Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1869, retired 1871.

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