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Alexander Dalrymple

1737 - 1808

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Alexander Dalrymple FRS (24 July 1737 – 19 June 1808) was a Scottish geographer and the first Hydrographer of the British Admiralty. He was the main proponent of the theory that there existed a vast undiscovered continent in the South Pacific, Terra Australis Incognita. He produced thousands of nautical charts, mapping a remarkable number of seas and oceans for the first time, and contributing significantly to the safety of shipping. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Dalrymple has received more than 88,744 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Alexander Dalrymple is the 326th most popular explorer (down from 275th in 2019), the 2,665th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,348th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 326 out of 498. Before him are Dmitry Laptev, Thorvald Asvaldsson, Pedro Tafur, William Clark, Bento de Góis, and Martim Afonso de Sousa. After him are Grímur Kamban, Louise Arner Boyd, Friedrich Welwitsch, Louis de Freycinet, Pyotr Beketov, and Vilhjalmur Stefansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 27. Before him are Iosif Igelström, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Suzanne Curchod, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Maria Caterina Brignole, and George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney. After him are Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Vasily Bazhenov, Charles Hutton, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Arthur St. Clair, and Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet. Among people deceased in 1808, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 20. Before him are Princess Marie of Baden, Paul Wranitzky, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, and José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca. After him are Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, José Celestino Mutis, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Giuseppe Piermarini, John Wilkinson, and Étienne Pierre Ventenat.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 2,665 out of 8,785. Before him are George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), William Wilson (1844), Ian Rankin (1960), Elaine Paige (1948), John Neville (1925), and Rupert Brooke (1887). After him are Jonny Lee Miller (1972), David Heyman (1961), Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), Frederick W. Lanchester (1868), John Tavener (1944), and Stephen Daldry (1960).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 36. Before him are Anthony Jenkinson (1529), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Richard Chancellor (1521), Douglas Mawson (1882), Edward Wilson (1872), and Alexander Gordon Laing (1794). After him are Francis Crozier (1796), John Biscoe (1794), John Byron (1723), Samuel Baker (1821), George Bass (1771), and Clements Markham (1830).

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