Captain Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who participated in six expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. In 1843, he became a fellow of the Royal Society for his scientific work during his expeditions. Later, he was second-in-command to Sir John Franklin and captain of HMS Terror during what would become Franklin's lost expedition, to discover the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic, ending with the loss of all 129 crewmen.
- Occupation
- explorer, researcher, naval officer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- August 16, 1796, September 1796
- Died
- 1848
