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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 80,150 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Alexander Dalrymple is the 276th most popular explorer (up from 281st in 2019), the 2,354th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,331st in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 276 out of 405. Before him are Helge Ingstad, Dmitry Laptev, Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Ivan Papanin, Francis Crozier, and Semyon Chelyuskin. After him are Eduard von Toll, Francis Younghusband, Adolf Lüderitz, Wilfred Thesiger, Yuri Lisyansky, and Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 25. Before him are Maria Caterina Brignole, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Suzanne Curchod, and William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne. After him are Charlotte de Rohan, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Vasily Bazhenov, Morten Thrane Brünnich, John Hunter, and Francis Hopkinson. Among people deceased in 1808, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 17. Before him are Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Paul Wranitzky, Princess Marie of Baden, Gaétan Vestris, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, and Alemdar Mustafa Pasha. After him are Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, John Wilkinson, José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, José Celestino Mutis, and Giuseppe Piermarini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 2,354 out of 7,765. Before him are Charles Burney (1726), Kevin McNally (1956), William Playfair (1759), Laurence Doherty (1875), Ford Madox Ford (1873), and Luke Howard (1772). After him are Ernest Bevin (1881), Burial (2000), Patrick Magee (1922), Stanley Myers (1930), Ian Bannen (1928), and Gerry Ashmore (1936).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 34. Before him are John Byron (1723), Samuel Baker (1821), William Parry (1790), Anthony Jenkinson (1529), Richard Chancellor (1521), and Francis Crozier (1796). After him are Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Edward John Eyre (1815), Alexander Burnes (1805), John Biscoe (1794), and William Smith (1790).

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