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Adrien de Gerlache

1866 - 1934

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Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (French pronunciation: [adʁijɛ̃ viktɔʁ ʒozɛf də ʒɛʁlaʃ də ɡɔmʁi]; 2 August 1866 – 4 December 1934) was a Belgian officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adrien de Gerlache has received more than 126,686 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Adrien de Gerlache is the 131st most popular explorer (up from 152nd in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 225th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Explorer.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 131 out of 498. Before him are Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Salomon August Andrée, Afanasy Nikitin, Isabella Bird, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, and Adam Olearius. After him are Francisco Serrão, Juan de Grijalva, Vladimir Arsenyev, João Vaz Corte-Real, Gil Eanes, and Frederick Cook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 37. Before him are Princess Milica of Montenegro, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leopold Mandić, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, August von Wassermann, and Francesco Cilea. After him are Dmitry Merezhkovsky, La Goulue, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Alikhan Bukeikhanov, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, and Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta. Among people deceased in 1934, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 42. Before him are Jakob Wassermann, Willem de Sitter, Pietro Gasparri, Alexander von Kluck, William Morris Davis, and Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta. After him are Hubert Lyautey, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, Fritz Gerlich, Franz Schreker, Winsor McCay, and Thorleif Haug.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 183 out of 1,190. Before him are André Franquin (1924), Arnulf I, Count of Flanders (889), Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973), John Langenus (1891), Georges Rodenbach (1855), and Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870). After him are Fernand Khnopff (1858), Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759), Pierre Alechinsky (1927), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Wilfried Martens (1936), and Jacob van Artevelde (1290).

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Among EXPLORERS In Belgium

Among explorers born in Belgium, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 1. After him are James Weddell (1787), and Louis Hennepin (1626).

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