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John Fearn (whaler) John Fearn (born , fl. 1798) was an English ship captain, notable as the first European to report sighting the Pacific island of Nauru.multiple authors and consultors, Dorling Kindersley, ''History'' (original title), He was probably born on 2 ...
(fl. 1798), English whaling ship captain who was the first European to travel to Nauru *
John Fearn (philosopher) John Fearn (1768 3 December 1837) was a British philosopher. ''Note'': ''He has frequently been confused with John Fearn, the English whaling captain who was the first European to discover Nauru in 1798.'' Little is known about Fearn's early ...
(1768–1837), British philosopher and retired Royal Navy officer * John
Walker Fearn John Williams Walker Fearn (January 13, 1832 – April 7, 1899) was an American diplomat. Early life Fearn, born in Huntsville, Alabama, was an 1851 graduate of Yale University. He was the nephew of LeRoy Pope Walker, the first Secretary of War ...
(1832–1899), American diplomat *
John Russell Fearn John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British writer, one of the first to appear in American pulp magazine, pulp science fiction magazines. A prolific author, he published his novels also as Vargo Statten and with various pseudonyms including T ...
(1908–1960), British writer


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John Ferne Sir John Ferne (c. 1553 – 20 June 1609) was an English writer on heraldry, a genealogist, an eminent common lawyer and MP. Life John Ferne was the eldest son of William Ferne of Doncaster, Yorkshire and Temple Belwood, Lincolnshire. He suc ...
(c. 1560–1609), English knight, writer on heraldry, genealogist, and lawyer {{hndis, Fearn, John