John W. Sullivan
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Who is John W. Sullivan?
John W. Sullivan was an Irish-Canadian mathematician, astronomer, and explorer. He taught at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, England, and became the astronomer and secretary on the Palliser Expedition that explored and surveyed what is now western Canada from 1857 to 1860.
As part of his explorations, Sullivan described the Nakoda people, and was the first to record the Sarcee language.
Mount Sullivan, a peak near Dease Lake, is named after Sullivan.
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on July 23, 2013
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