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He was born on the 25th of April 1822 in the family of an Indian army officer.
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"Sherard Osborn in his 'Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal', gave us the most fascinating picture of life in the far North that has yet appeared....Sherard Osborn, who was the moving spirit in securing the dispatch of the Arctic Expedition, and whose bright example inspired to further efforts the gallant band which followed in his footsteps, and stove to emulate his deeds." -The Geographical Magazine "Sherard Osborn is known to the world, not only as an Arctic explorer, but as a natural and vivid describer of Arctic scenery, and of nautical enterprise and endurance. These qualities are as prominent in this account of his friend M'Clure's solution of the long-sought problem of the North-West Passage from M'Clure's logs and journals, as in the compiler's own 'Stray Leaves.' He rapidly passes over the daily details of nautical maneuvering, or of life during the wintry detention, which things render the generality of Arctic narratives flat, if not tedious; and confines his story to rarer and more striking incidents, such as the dangers of the navigation in a narrow channel, with an iron-bound coast on one side, and ice-cliffs really more deadly on the other - the universal good spirit and good feeling of officers and men, shrinking from no hardship or danger, or even from hope deferred - the first solution of the great problem from Prince of Wales's Strait by an expedition over the ice to the shores of Melville's Sound when prevented from reaching it in the good ship Investigator by the obstacle of an icy sea." -The Spectator "The labors of the searching expeditions added largely to our knowledge of the Arctic Regions. Not only was a vast extent of land and sea added to our maps, but light was thrown on the physical geography and hydrography of a considerable area previously unknown, as well as on questions relating to its geology and the distribution of animal and vegetable life. Above all a bright page was added to the history of naval prowess; and it was no small advantage that the historian of the Arctic searches was a prominent and zealous actor in the work of exploration. Sherard Osborn's 'Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal,' his 'Discovery of a North-West Passage by Captain M'Clure,' and his 'Career and Last Voyage of Sir John Franklin' are classic works in the geographical literature of England. They will remain as the record of great events in naval chronicle, and will 'awaken in the breasts of future Parrys, Franklins, or M'Clures that love for perilous adventure which must ever form the most valuable trait in the character of a great maritime people.'" -The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society
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He was born on the 25th of April 1822 in the family of an Indian army officer.
He took a prominent part in 1849 in advocating a new search expedition for Sir John Franklin, and in 1850 was appointed to the command of the steam-tender " Pioneer " in the Arctic expedition under Captain Austin, in the course of which he performed (1851) a remarkable sledge-journey to the western extremity of Prince of Wales Island.
Entering the navy as a first-class volunteer in 1837, he was entrusted in 1838 with the command of a gunboat at the attack on Kedah in the Malay Peninsula, and was present at the reduction of Canton in 1841, and at the capture of the batteries of Woosung in 1842.
From 1844 till 1848 he was gunnery mate and lieutenant in the flag-ship of Sir George Seymour in the Pacific. He took a prominent part in 1849 in advocating a new search expedition for Sir John Franklin, and in 1850 was appointed to the command of the steam-tender "Pioneer" in the Arctic expedition under Captain Austin, in the course of which he performed (1851) a remarkable sledge-journey to the western extremity of Prince of Wales Island.
He published an account of this voyage, entitled Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal (1852), and was promoted to the rank of commander shortly afterwards. In the new expedition (1852 - 1854) under Sir Edward Belcher he again took part as commander of the " Pioneer. "
In 1856 he published the journals of Captain Robert M'Clure, giving a narrative of the discovery of the North-West Passage.
As commander of the " Furious " he took a prominent part in the operations of the second Chinese War, and performed a piece of difficult and intricate navigation in taking his ship 600 m. up the Yangtse-kiang to Hankow (1858). He returned to England in broken health in 1859, and at this time contributed a number of articles on naval and Chinese topics to Blackwood's Magazine, and wrote The Career, Last Voyage and Fate of Sir John Franklin (1860).
In 1861 he commanded the "Donegal" in the Gulf of Mexico during the trouble there, and in 1862 undertook the command of a squadron fitted out by the Chinese government for the suppression of piracy on the coast of China; but owing to the non-fulfilment of the condition that he should receive orders from the imperial government only, he threw up the appointment.
In 1864 he was appointed to the command of the " Royal Sovereign " in order to test the turret system of ship-building, to which this vessel had been adapted. In 1865 he became agent to the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, and two years later managing director of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company. In 1873 he attained flag-rank.
He was a member of the committee which made the preparations for this expedition, and died a few days after it had sailed.
He died in London on 6 May 1875 a few days after the expedition had sailed. His body was interred at Highgate Cemetery on 10 May 1875 with the funeral attended by many of those who had served with him in the Royal Navy.
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He was a member of the Fellow of the Royal Society.
In January 1852 he married Helen, daughter of John Hinksman of Queen Anne Street, London.