John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear (27 June 1838 in Cape Town – 17 July 1907 in Niagara) was an admiral in the Royal Navy, known for his leadership in hydrography.
He is best known for being commander of HMS Challenger during the Challenger Expedition (1872–1876) under its commission captain, Sir George Nares, for the voyage of scientific discovery in which the ship went round the world.[1] This expedition led to the science of oceanography, after which various ocean features are named, including the Challenger Plateau near New Zealand. During this expedition the Maclear's Rat on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean was named after him. He is also honoured in the specific epithet of Dicliptera maclearii, a plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to Christmas Island.
^Then and Now: The HMS Challenger Expedition and the “Mountains in the Sea” Expedition, Dr. Tina Bishop, Peter Tuddenham, Melissa Ryan; NOAA, 2005, accessed 25 December 2008
John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear (27 June 1838 in Cape Town – 17 July 1907 in Niagara) was an admiral in the Royal Navy, known for his leadership in hydrography...
Maclear may refer to: Sir Thomas Maclear (1794–1879), Irish-born South African astronomer Michael Maclear (1929-2018), Anglo-Canadian journalist, documentary...
England, on 21 December 1872. Other naval officers included Commander JohnMaclear. Under the scientific supervision of Thomson himself, the ship traveled...
Maclear Island is part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park at the tip of Cape Melville, Queensland in Bathurst Bay. It is north of Denham Island in...
of Thomas Maclear, Her Majesty's Astronomer at Cape Town, and cousin to JohnMaclear, admiral in the Royal Navy, and Basil Maclear. Maclear won the Carus...
Sir Thomas Maclear (17 March 1794 – 14 July 1879) was an Irish-born Cape Colony astronomer who became Her Majesty's astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope...
Challenger expedition to Indonesia, naturalist John Murray carried out extensive surveys. In 1886, Captain JohnMaclear of HMS Flying Fish, having discovered an...
territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean. Its specific epithet honours JohnMaclear, captain of the survey vessel HMS Flying Fish, which visited Christmas...
(1842–1933) married on 4 June 1878 to Captain (later Admiral) John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear Matilda Rose Herschel (1844–1914), a gifted artist, married William...
The specific epithet (listeri) honours Joseph Jackson Lister who, with JohnMaclear and the officers of H.M.S. Egeria collected the type specimen.: 351 ...
30–32. Hotson 2000, p. 173. Maclear 1975, pp. 225–226. Bremer 2009, p. 76. Maclear 1975, p. 226. Maclear 1975, p. 227. Maclear 1975, p. 229. Bremer 1995...
Sharpe in 1887 based on an adult male specimen collected by Captain JohnMaclear of HMS Challenger. The species name whartoni honours British admiral...
eastern end of the plateau and is marked by Maclear's Beacon, a stone cairn built in 1865 by Sir Thomas Maclear for trigonometrical survey. It is 1,086 metres...
Hastie, Scottish footballer Lieutenant Walter Lyon, poet Captain Basil Maclear, Ireland rugby international Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Mobbs, England rugby...
John Vaillant (born 1962) is an American-Canadian writer and journalist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and...
married Thérèse Mary Maclear (1947–2023), daughter of Henry Charles Maclear Bate, the same year. They had two children: Thomas Nigel Maclear Lawson (born 1976)...
Beach King William's Town (Qonce) Komga Lady Frere (Cacadu) Lady Grey Maclear (Nqanqarhu) Mdantsane Hertzog (Mhlangeni) Molteno Morgan's Bay Mount Frere...
north-north-east of Maclear. Founded in 1882, Mount Fletcher takes its name from the mountain nearby. This was probably named after the Reverend John Fletcher of...
(rev.). Internet Modern History Sourcebook. New York: Fordham University. Maclear, J. F. (1995). "Decree on Worship of the Supreme Being". Church and State...
History of Astronomy. Courier Corporation. p. 333. ISBN 978-0-486-65994-7. Maclear, M. (1851). "Determination of parallax of α1 and α2 Centauri". Astronomische...
emigrant's guide, and hints on Canadian housekeeping. Toronto, C.W. [Ont.: Maclear. ISBN 9780665414176. OCLC 1045375963. Archived from the original on 7 March...
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