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Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie

1810 - 1897

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Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie d'Arrast (3 January 1810 – 19 March 1897) was a French explorer, geographer, ethnologist, linguist and astronomer of Irish birth, renowned for his expeditions in Ethiopia during the early 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie has received more than 59,511 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie is the 161st most popular explorer (down from 153rd in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Ireland (down from 69th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Explorer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie ranks 161 out of 498. Before him are Gan Ying, Gaspar de Lemos, Alexandrine Tinné, Ahmad ibn Rustah, Isabelle Eberhardt, and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir. After him are Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, St John Philby, Ruy López de Villalobos, Gustav Nachtigal, Luís Vaz de Torres, and Niccolò de' Conti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie ranks 27. Before him are Karl Richard Lepsius, Henri Victor Regnault, Asa Gray, Ferenc Erkel, Constant Troyon, and Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre. After him are Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Hans Christian Lumbye, Howard Staunton, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Ole Bull, and Jules Perrot. Among people deceased in 1897, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie ranks 25. Before him are Salomon August Andrée, Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, Stanislas de Guaita, Galileo Ferraris, and Antonio Cánovas del Castillo. After him are Khurshidbanu Natavan, Henry George, Alexei Savrasov, Minna Canth, Léon Boëllmann, and Viktor Meyer.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie ranks 71 out of 549. Before him are Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), Brian Boru (941), J. D. Bernal (1901), Edmund the Martyr (841), Malcolm II of Scotland (954), and John Banville (1945). After him are Peter Lacy (1678), Brenda Fricker (1945), James Barry (1795), Saint Fiacre (607), Vergilius of Salzburg (700), and Brigid of Kildare (451).

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Among EXPLORERS In Ireland

Among explorers born in Ireland, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie ranks 2. Before him are Ernest Shackleton (1874). After him are Edward Bransfield (1785), Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie (1815), Robert McClure (1807), Henry Kellett (1806), Robert O'Hara Burke (1821), and Tom Crean (1877).

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