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Adolphus Greely

1844 - 1935

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Adolphus Washington Greely (March 27, 1844 – October 20, 1935) was a United States Army officer and polar explorer. He attained the rank of major general and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor. A native of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and an 1860 graduate of Brown High School (now Newburyport High School), in 1861 he enlisted in the Union Army for the American Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolphus Greely has received more than 269,660 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Adolphus Greely is the 475th most popular explorer (down from 437th in 2019), the 10,782nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,315th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Explorer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Adolphus Greely ranks 475 out of 498. Before him are Tom Crean, Oscar Baumann, George Grey, Jan Carstenszoon, Hubert Wilkins, and Tryggve Gran. After him are Wiley Post, Elisha Kent Kane, Samuel Hearne, David Thompson, Sarat Chandra Das, and Allan Cunningham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Adolphus Greely ranks 110. Before him are Lorenzo Latorre, Mary Katharine Brandegee, Juan Idiarte Borda, Joan Röell, Josip Jurčič, and Jules de Burlet. After him are Amalie Materna, Arthur Gardiner Butler, Sarah Winnemucca, William Forsell Kirby, Charlotte Despard, and Robert Bridges. Among people deceased in 1935, Adolphus Greely ranks 145. Before him are Charles Kingsford Smith, Paolo Orsi, Silverio Izaguirre, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Junior Durkin, and Leroy Carr. After him are Wiley Post, Ivar Otto Bendixson, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Edward Carson, Alice Dunbar Nelson, and Jay Gould II.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adolphus Greely ranks 10,782 out of 20,380. Before him are May Allison (1890), Barbara Barrie (1931), Harry Chapin (1942), Giorgos Kaminis (1954), Roscoe Pound (1870), and Katie Cassidy (1986). After him are Pua Kealoha (1902), Charles Avery (1873), Lawrence Venuti (1953), Martha Raye (1916), Redd Foxx (1922), and Ansel Elgort (1994).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Adolphus Greely ranks 34. Before him are George Kennan (1845), Benjamin Morrell (1795), Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), John Colter (1774), Matthew Henson (1866), and Isaac Israel Hayes (1832). After him are Wiley Post (1898), Elisha Kent Kane (1820), Ann Bancroft (1955), Ezra Meeker (1830), and Sue Hendrickson (1949).

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