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Alexander Mackenzie

1764 - 1820

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Sir Alexander Mackenzie (c. 1764 – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer and fur trader known for accomplishing the first crossing of North America north of Mexico by a European in 1793. The Mackenzie River and Mount Sir Alexander are named after him. As a leading member of the North West Company, he aspired to extend the Company's operations into western Canada and selling those furs in China. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Mackenzie has received more than 117,351 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Mackenzie is the 191st most popular explorer (down from 143rd in 2019), the 1,593rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,262nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 55.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Alexander Mackenzie ranks 191 out of 498. Before him are René Caillié, Sophie Blanchard, Nikolai Rezanov, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Aleksandra Potanina, and Jimmie Angel. After him are Bartolomeu Perestrello, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Olivier van Noort, Matthew Flinders, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and Wilhelm Filchner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Alexander Mackenzie ranks 15. Before him are Fletcher Christian, Johann Gottfried Schadow, Nikolai Rezanov, Princess Maria Carolina of Savoy, Barbara von Krüdener, and Sophie de Condorcet. After him are Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo, Gustav Hugo, Dorothea von Schlegel, Jens Baggesen, Charles Percier, and Marie-Joseph Chénier. Among people deceased in 1820, Alexander Mackenzie ranks 21. Before him are Joseph Banks, Clement Mary Hofbauer, Augustin Barruel, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, and Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark. After him are Nguyễn Du, Daniel Boone, Anders Sparrman, Arthur Young, Benjamin West, and Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Mackenzie ranks 1,593 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Filmer (1588), James Hilton (1900), Neville Marriner (1924), Patrick O'Brian (1914), Francis Baily (1774), and Ida Lupino (1918). After him are James Herbert Brennan (1940), Orderic Vitalis (1075), Eliza Poe (1787), Harry Kane (1993), David Moyes (1963), and George Stubbs (1724).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Alexander Mackenzie ranks 24. Before him are Isabella Bird (1831), Mark Sykes (1879), Martin Frobisher (1535), James Bruce (1730), John Rolfe (1585), and William Parry (1790). After him are Matthew Flinders (1774), Samuel Wallis (1728), John Ross (1777), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), William Smith (1790), and Anthony Jenkinson (1529).

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