In the history of exploration, William Francis Ganong is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists William Francis Ganong as Canadian botanist, historian and cartographer (1864–1941).
William Francis Ganong was born at Saint John in 1864. His recorded nationality is Canada.
Nineteenth-century exploration turned inland - Africa, Asia and Australia - and was entangled from the start with empire, missions and the geographical societies that funded it.
He is recorded as cartographer, historian and botanist.
Distance was the hardest problem of the pre-modern world, and it was solved by people willing to risk it.
Recognition followed: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Person of National Historic Significance.
William Francis Ganong died in 1941, aged 77. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Person of National Historic Significance
- Recorded as cartographer, historian and botanist
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