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Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie

1815 - 1893

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Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie d'Arrast (24 July 1815 – 8 November 1893), also listed as Michel Arnaud d'Abbadie in the Chambers Biographical Dictionary was a French-Basque explorer of Irish origin, renowned for his extensive travels in Ethiopia alongside his elder brother, Antoine d'Abbadie d'Arrast. Arnaud distinguished himself as a geographer, ethnologist, and linguist, gaining intimate knowledge of Abyssinian polemarchs and serving as an active observer of their battles and courtly life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie has received more than 34,350 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie is the 371st most popular explorer, the 190th most popular biography from Ireland and the 4th most popular Irish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie ranks 371 out of 498Before him are Juan de Fuca, Fyodor Konyukhov, George Kennan, Lauge Koch, Ivan Moskvitin, and Juan de Oñate. After him are Theodor von Heuglin, Pyotr Chikhachyov, Matvei Gedenshtrom, Johannes Rebmann, Clements Markham, and Henri Duveyrier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie ranks 66Before him are Pavel Fedotov, Halfdan Kjerulf, James Legge, Daniel Bashiel Warner, Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, and Karl von Blaas. After him are Ernest Goüin, Marguerite Bays, Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Robert Franz, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, and John McDouall Stuart. Among people deceased in 1893, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie ranks 66Before him are Aloys Sprenger, Michał Elwiro Andriolli, Alexander Kazbegi, Duleep Singh, Samuel Baker, and Lucy Stone. After him are Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ, John William Casilear, John Abbott, Karl Bodmer, John O. Westwood, and Charles of Mount Argus.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie ranks 190 out of 549Before him are Joshua Pim (1869), Richard Steele (1672), Tom Moore (1883), Shelley McNamara (1952), Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), and Paul Kane (1810). After him are Patrick Bergin (1951), Caitriona Balfe (1979), Steve Barron (1956), Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Peter Woulfe (1727), and Barney McKenna (1939).

Among EXPLORERS In Ireland

Among explorers born in Ireland, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie ranks 4Before him are Ernest Shackleton (1874), Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), and Edward Bransfield (1785). After him are Robert McClure (1807), Henry Kellett (1806), Robert O'Hara Burke (1821), and Tom Crean (1877).