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Anthony Jenkinson

1529 - 1610

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Anthony Jenkinson (1529 – 1610/1611) was born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire. He was one of the first Englishmen to explore Muscovy and present-day Russia. Jenkinson was a traveller and explorer on behalf of the Muscovy Company and the English crown. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Jenkinson has received more than 77,011 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Jenkinson is the 263rd most popular explorer (down from 248th in 2019), the 2,161st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,094th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 53.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 263 out of 498. Before him are Pierre Poivre, Jens Munk, Carl Peters, Oscar Wisting, Francis Garnier, and Jim Bridger. After him are Willem de Vlamingh, Isidore of Charax, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Ippolito Rosellini, Paweł Strzelecki, and Grigory Shelikhov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1529, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 7. Before him are Giambologna, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Franciscus Patricius, John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, Anna of Hesse, and Taddeo Zuccari. After him are Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Raphael Holinshed. Among people deceased in 1610, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 14. Before him are False Dmitry II, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Anna of Sweden, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Hasegawa Tōhaku, and Duchess Sophie of Prussia. After him are Girolamo Diruta, and Francis Solanus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 2,161 out of 8,785. Before him are Edmund Gunter (1581), Maryam d'Abo (1960), Steve Jones (1955), Charles Kingsley (1819), Thomas Otway (1652), and Claude Choules (1901). After him are J. F. C. Fuller (1878), Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874), William Kingdon Clifford (1845), Angela Carter (1940), Robert Burton (1577), and Naomie Harris (1976).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 30. Before him are Alexander Mackenzie (1764), Matthew Flinders (1774), Samuel Wallis (1728), John Ross (1777), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), and William Smith (1790). After him are Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Richard Chancellor (1521), Douglas Mawson (1882), Edward Wilson (1872), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), and Alexander Dalrymple (1737).

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