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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 118,970 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Adrien de Gerlache is the 153rd most popular explorer (down from 126th in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 178th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Explorer.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 153 out of 405. Before him are Gaspar Corte-Real, Vladimir Arsenyev, Hans Staden, Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, John Sutter, and Juan de Grijalva. After him are Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Samuel Wallis, Ahmad ibn Rustah, Anthony van Diemen, Sophie Blanchard, and Gerónimo de Aguilar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 44. Before him are Ambroise Vollard, Reginald Fessenden, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Vasily Kalinnikov, and Voltairine de Cleyre. After him are Alikhan Bukeikhanov, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Emile Vandervelde, Ramon Casas, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, and Johann Strauss III. Among people deceased in 1934, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 49. Before him are Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, Fritz Gerlich, Hubert Lyautey, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Pietro Gasparri, and Franz Schreker. After him are Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, Frederick Delius, Paul Troost, Baby Face Nelson, Hermann Bahr, and Viktor Kaplan.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 225 out of 1,019. Before him are Arthur Grumiaux (1921), Chantal Akerman (1950), Queen Mathilde of Belgium (1973), Antoine Wiertz (1806), Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), and Rimbert (830). After him are Ida of Lorraine (1040), Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (919), Eugène Joseph Delporte (1882), Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789), Jacob van Artevelde (1290), and Frans Floris (1519).

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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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