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Edward John Eyre

Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (died 1901)

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Born
August 5, 1815
Died
November 30, 1901
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1815

About Edward John Eyre

Edward John Eyre was an English land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand's New Munster province, and Governor of Jamaica. Malcolm Uren & Robert Stephens (1941), Waterless Horizons: The First Full-length Study of the Extraordinary Life-story of Edward John Eyre, Explorer, Overlander and Pastoralist in Australia. The northernmost point of the first expedition was Mount Eyre; it was named by Governor Gawler on 11 July 1839. Those events created great controversy in England and resulted in demands for Eyre to be arrested and tried for murdering Gordon.

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Edward John Eyre timeline

  1. The northernmost point of the first expedition was Mount Eyre; it was named by Governor Gawler on 11 July 1839.
  2. Malcolm Uren & Robert Stephens (1941), Waterless Horizons: The First Full-length Study of the Extraordinary Life-story of Edward John Eyre, Explorer, Overlander and Pastoralist in Australia.

The world when Edward John Eyre was born

Edward John Eyre was born in 1815. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineNapoleon defeated at Waterloo
  • Technology milestoneMiner's safety lamp invented by Humphry Davy
  • World population~975M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Madison
  • U.S. population8.3M

1815 versus 2026

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Measure18152026
Population8.3M341 million

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