Richardson, Sir John, M.D., naturalist and Arctic explorer, born at Dumfries; graduated at Edinburgh; for some time a navy surgeon; accompanied Franklin on the expeditions in 1819-22 and 1825-27, and later commanded one of the Franklin search expeditions (1848); held government appointments, and was knighted in 1846 (1787‒1865).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Richardson, Charles * Richardson, Samuel