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unusual facts about Joseph René Bellot, by Stephen Pearce



Joseph René Bellot

In 1851 he joined the Arctic expedition under the command of Captain William Kennedy in search of Sir John Franklin.

The young explorer was mourned widely, and £2,000 was raised after his death of which £500 went towards a granite memorial obelisk (designed by Philip Hardwick and unveiled in 1855) in his memory on the Thames riverside in front of Greenwich Hospital; a nearby Greenwich street, Bellot Street SE10, also carries his name.


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