Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sir John Ross, CB, (24 June 1777 – 30 August 1856) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer.Ross was the son of the Rev Andrew Ross of Balsarroch, minister of Inch, near Stranraer, and Elizabeth Corsane, daughter of Robert Corsane, the Provost of Dumfries. In 1786, aged only nine, he joined the Royal Navy as an apprentice. He served in the Mediterranean until 1789 and then in the English Channel.. }
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- John_Ross_(Arctic_explorer) comment "Sir John Ross, CB, (24 June 1777 – 30 August 1856) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer.Ross was the son of the Rev Andrew Ross of Balsarroch, minister of Inch, near Stranraer, and Elizabeth Corsane, daughter of Robert Corsane, the Provost of Dumfries. In 1786, aged only nine, he joined the Royal Navy as an apprentice. He served in the Mediterranean until 1789 and then in the English Channel.".