John Henry Lefroy

British Army general · Scientists · Lived 1817 to 1890 · aged 73

Lieutenant-General Sir John Henry Lefroy was a British Army officer and later colonial administrator who also distinguished himself with his scientific studies of the Earth's magnetism.

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The Surveyor: Portrait of Captain John Henry Lefroy, ca. 1845, sold at a record price of more than C$5 million in 2002. The painting is sometimes also called Scene in the Northwest.

Awards

Fellow of the Royal Society

Companion of the Order of the Bath

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

About this person

Scientists born in the 1810s 6

Carl Friedrich Schmidt38.5 of 100

Edward Frederick Kelaart38.5 of 100 Karl Theodor Hartweg38.5 of 100

David T. Ansted38.4 of 100 Catherine Gage38.6 of 100

Matthäus Hipp38.4 of 100