Seaman and ringleader of the mutiny against Captain William Bligh
        on the Bounty in 1789. Educated at Cockermouth Grammar School, he
        declined to go to university, and joined the navy instead at the age
        of 18. He served with Bligh on various ships, and was selected by him
        as midshipsman on the 'Britannia' sailing to the West Indies in 1787.
        A close friendship developed, and Bligh appointed him as first mate on
        the 'Bounty'.
            After the mutiny, Christian and eight other mutineers took refuge
        on Pitcairn Island, where they founded a settlement. In all
        probability, he was killed by the Tahitians.

Source: Leo van de Pas