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Admiral Sir John Franklin Parry, KCB, FRGS (15 August 1863 – 21 April 1926) was a Royal Navy officer. He was Hydrographer of the Navy from 1914 to 1919.[1][2]

  1. ^ "John Franklin Parry". The Dreadnought Project. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Admiral Sir John Franklin Parry, K.C.B". Nature. 117 (2949): 664. 8 May 1926. Bibcode:1926Natur.117Q.664.. doi:10.1038/117664a0. S2CID 4067004.

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