Jane Franklin
Jane, Lady Franklin (4 December 1791 – 18 July 1875) was an early Tasmanian pioneer, traveler and second wife of the explorer John Franklin.Jane was the second daughter of John Griffin, a liveryman and later governor of the Goldsmith's Company, and his wife Jane Guillemard. There was Huguenot blood on both sides of her family. She was born in London, where she was raised with her sisters Frances and Mary at the family house, 21 Bedford Place. She was well educated, and her father being well-to-do had her education completed by much travel on the continent. Her portrait was chalked when she was 24 by Amelie Romilly at Geneva. Jane Franklin Hall, a residential college in Hobart, Tasmania, is named in her honour.
Personal facts
| Alias (AKA) | Griffin Jane |
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| Birth date | December 04, 1791 |
| Birth name | Jane Griffin |
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| Date of death | July 18, 1875 |
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External resources
- http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogF.html#franklin1
- http://images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/Fullimage.asp?Letter=L&Title=Lady+Jane+Franklin+from+a+sketch+by+T.+Bock%2C+Hobart+Town%2C+about+1840&ID=AUTAS001126073246
- http://mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=2305
- http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiLADYFRAN;ttCROPPIE2.html
- http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=lady%20jane%20franklin
- http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010379b.htm
- http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0407jlf.html
- http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5011
- http://www.harpercanada.com/global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0002006715
- http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp07492&rNo=0&role=art