George Francis Lyon

(1795-1832)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795-1832 NRA: Lyon George Francis (1795-1832) Captain RN Traveller DNB: Lyon, George Francis [alias Said-ben-Abdallah] (1795-1832), naval officer and explorer LBT ID: GeLyon1832 VIAF ID: 29647788 LOC ID: n88668699	B/BAP: 1795 DIED: 1832-10-08
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English explorer educated at Charles Burney's naval academy, Gosport; he engaged on Joseph Ritchie's failed expedition in 1819 in North Africa and Parry's second arctic expedition in 1823.