ki ola ▁ 3 rd ▁Vol ta ▁a ▁Catalunya ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁ 3 rd ▁G iro ▁del ▁Laz io ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 7 0 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : Ital ian ▁male ▁cycl ists ▁Category : T our ▁de ▁France ▁cycl ists ▁Category : G iro ▁d ' Italia ▁cycl ists <0x0A> </s> ▁John ▁Brown ▁( 2 ▁August ▁ 1 7 9 7 ▁– ▁ 7 ▁February ▁ 1 8 6 1 ) ▁was ▁a ▁ge ograph er , ▁and ▁was ▁particularly ▁interested ▁in ▁Franklin ' s ▁lost ▁expedition . ▁ ▁Life ▁Brown ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁D over ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 7 , ▁and ▁served ▁for ▁some ▁time ▁as ▁a ▁mid ship man ▁in ▁the ▁East ▁India ▁Company ' s ▁service . ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 8 1 9 ▁he ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁sea ▁because ▁of ▁poor ▁eyes ight . ▁He ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁diam ond ▁merchant ▁and ▁made ▁a ▁fortune . ▁ ▁He ▁took ▁a ▁keen ▁interest ▁in ▁ge ographical ▁expl oration , ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁fellow ▁of ▁the ▁Ge ographical ▁Society ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 7 . ▁He ▁presented ▁a ▁portrait ▁of ▁his ▁friend ▁James ▁Wed d ell ▁( the ▁expl orer ▁of ▁the ▁Ant ar ctic ) ▁to ▁the ▁society ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 9 , ▁with ▁a ▁letter ▁advoc ating ▁further ▁exped itions . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 3 ▁Brown ▁obtained ▁a ▁p ension ▁for ▁Wed d ell '