George Francis Lyon
George Francis Lyon | |
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Portrait by John Jackson | |
| Other name(s) | Said-ben-Abdallah |
| Born | 23 January 1796 Chichester, England |
| Died | 8 October 1832 (aged 36) Atlantic Ocean |
| Branch | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1808–1832 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands | HMS Hecla, HMS Griper |
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George Francis Lyon FRS (23 January 1796 – 8 October 1832) was an English naval officer and explorer of Africa and the Arctic. While not having a particularly distinguished career, he is remembered for the entertaining journals he kept and for the pencil drawings he completed in the Arctic; this information was useful to later expeditions.