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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 71,899 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Anthony Jenkinson is the 249th most popular explorer (up from 250th in 2019), the 2,099th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,111th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 249 out of 405Before him are Vladimir Atlasov, Thorvald Eiriksson, St John Philby, Ingvar the Far-Travelled, Yerofey Khabarov, and William Parry. After him are Nicolas Baudin, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Pehr Osbeck, Carl Peters, Freya Stark, and Karl Weyprecht.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1529, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 6Before him are Giambologna, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Franciscus Patricius, John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, and Taddeo Zuccari. After him are Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Anna of Hesse, Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Raphael Holinshed. Among people deceased in 1610, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 14Before him are False Dmitry II, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, Anna of Sweden, Hasegawa Tōhaku, and Duchess Sophie of Prussia. After him is Girolamo Diruta.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 2,099 out of 7,765Before him are Kit Harington (1986), James Dyson (1947), Mary Bell (1957), Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783), Joseph Lancaster (1778), and John Thaw (1942). After him are Thomas Beecham (1879), Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886), Albert Austin (1881), Paul Freeman (1943), David Gemmell (1948), and Charles Galton Darwin (1887).

Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 31Before him are Mark Sykes (1879), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), Douglas Mawson (1882), John Byron (1723), Samuel Baker (1821), and William Parry (1790). After him are Richard Chancellor (1521), Francis Crozier (1796), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), and Edward John Eyre (1815).