John Maclear, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Royal Navy admiral
Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1838
Place of Birth: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Date of Death: 17-Jul-1907
Profession: naval officer
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About John Maclear
- 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.
- 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.
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