# Mays 2011: New light on the personal identification of a skeleton of a member of Sir John Franklin's last expedition to the Arctic, 1845

> S. Mays, A. Ogden, J. Montgomery et al., 2011. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. An identification attempt that preceded DNA matching.

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# New light on the personal identification of a skeleton of a member of Sir John Franklin's last expedition to the Arctic, 1845

S. Mays, A. Ogden, J. Montgomery et al., 2011. _Journal of Archaeological Science 38(7): 1571-1582_.

The first modern scientific study of the skeleton recovered in 1869 and buried under the Franklin memorial at Greenwich as Lieutenant Henry Le Vesconte of Erebus. Osteology and isotope geochemistry show an adult European male and re-evaluate the 19th-century identification.

**Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)** ArticleCopy of **[Skeleton interred under the Franklin memorial, Greenwich](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/artifacts/ART0D59KBAJ2GE9/skeleton-interred-under-the-franklin-memorial-greenwich)** doi: **[10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.022](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.022)** Checked against the original0

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An identification attempt that preceded DNA matching.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Skeleton interred under the Franklin memorial, Greenwich](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/artifacts/ART0D59KBAJ2GE9/skeleton-interred-under-the-franklin-memorial-greenwich)

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[Skeleton interred under the Franklin memorial, Greenwich: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KFFC6Y9K/skeleton-interred-under-the-franklin-memorial-greenwich)

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[The 2011 Greenwich study shows how uncertain identification is without DNA.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/evidence/EVD0D59K75R3E7D/the-2011-greenwich-study-shows-how-uncertain-identification)

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## Cite it

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Mays, S., Ogden, A., Montgomery, J., Vincent, S., Battersby, W., & Taylor, G. (2011). New light on the personal identification of a skeleton of a member of Sir John Franklin's last expedition to the Arctic, 1845. Journal of Archaeological Science 38(7): 1571-1582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.022
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