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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 244,738 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Burnes is the 417th most popular explorer (down from 315th in 2019), the 3,917th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,733rd in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

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  • 46.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Alexander Burnes ranks 417 out of 498. Before him are Tobias Furneaux, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Man of the Hole, Kristian Prestrud, Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, and Richard Maack. After him are Valerian Albanov, Lachlan Macquarie, Boyd Alexander, Hugh Clapperton, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, and John Colter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Alexander Burnes ranks 69. Before him are John O. Westwood, José Ballivián, Robert Anderson, Rudolf Wagner, Tomás Villalba, and Tomás Frías. After him are Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, William Harrison Ainsworth, Samuel Palmer, James Wilson, Michael Sars, and Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz. Among people deceased in 1841, Alexander Burnes ranks 43. Before him are David Don, Jørgen Jørgensen, Luis Eduardo Pérez, David Wilkie, John Forsyth, and Alexander Shishkov. After him are Astley Cooper, and Francis Leggatt Chantrey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Burnes ranks 3,917 out of 8,785. Before him are Celia Imrie (1952), William Garbutt (1883), William Martin (1767), Mel B (1975), Ray Wilson (1968), and Rebecca Hall (1982). After him are Jackie Milburn (1924), Adrian Rawlins (1958), Edwin Long (1829), Alma Cogan (1932), Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (2015), and Mary Delany (1700).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Alexander Burnes ranks 49. Before him are John Marshall (1748), Vivian Fuchs (1908), Frederick William Beechey (1796), John McDouall Stuart (1815), Christopher Middleton (1690), and Tobias Furneaux (1735). After him are Lachlan Macquarie (1762), Boyd Alexander (1873), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Alfred Maudslay (1850), George Nares (1831), and Luke Foxe (1586).

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