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Alexander Burnes

1805 - 1841

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Captain Sir Alexander Burnes (16 May 1805 – 2 November 1841) was a Scottish explorer, military officer and diplomat associated with the Great Game. He was nicknamed Bokhara Burnes for his role in establishing contact with and exploring Bukhara. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Burnes has received more than 229,472 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Alexander Burnes is the 316th most popular explorer (up from 351st in 2019), the 2,740th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,272nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 230k

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  • 49.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Alexander Burnes ranks 316 out of 405. Before him are Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Piet Retief, Isidore of Charax, Edward John Eyre, John C. Frémont, and Charles Wilkes. After him are Pyotr Kozlov, Grímur Kamban, Eudoxus of Cyzicus, Félix de Azara, Olav Bjaaland, and Pyotr Beketov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Alexander Burnes ranks 46. Before him are Mary Seacole, Mastoureh Ardalan, Johann von Lamont, Esteban Echeverría, Auguste Barbier, and Hugo von Mohl. After him are Rudolf Wagner, Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, and Victor Baltard. Among people deceased in 1841, Alexander Burnes ranks 31. Before him are Peter Chanel, Bernhard Romberg, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz, Jean Victoir Audouin, Agustín Gamarra, and Ignaz von Seyfried. After him are Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, Peter Andreas Heiberg, Luis Eduardo Pérez, David Wilkie, Louis de Freycinet, and David Don.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Burnes ranks 2,740 out of 7,765. Before him are C. Aubrey Smith (1863), John Burgoyne (1722), William Burnside (1852), Beryl Markham (1902), John Phillips (1800), and Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878). After him are Joseph Morgan (1981), Walter Legge (1906), John Rutter (1945), Ernest Mason Satow (1843), Flora Robson (1902), and Spencer Gore (1850).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Alexander Burnes ranks 38. Before him are Richard Chancellor (1521), Francis Crozier (1796), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), and Edward John Eyre (1815). After him are John Biscoe (1794), William Smith (1790), Frederick William Beechey (1796), John McDouall Stuart (1815), Edward Wilson (1872), and Frank Wild (1873).

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