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Bartholomew Gosnold

1572 - 1607

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Bartholomew Gosnold (b. 1571 – d. 1607) was an English barrister, explorer and privateer who was instrumental in founding the Virginia Company in London and Jamestown in colonial America. He led the first recorded European expedition to Cape Cod. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bartholomew Gosnold has received more than 222,638 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bartholomew Gosnold is the 486th most popular explorer (down from 438th in 2019), the 5,773rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,941st in 2019) and the 80th most popular British Explorer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Bartholomew Gosnold ranks 486 out of 498. Before him are Sarat Chandra Das, Allan Cunningham, Erling Kagge, Harry Johnston, William Lashly, and John Oxley. After him are James Wordie, John Forrest, Ellen MacArthur, Ann Bancroft, Laura Dekker, and Hamilton Hume.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1572, Bartholomew Gosnold ranks 17. Before him are Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Fakhr al-Din II, Marie Elisabeth of France, Susenyos I, Thomas Dekker, and Thomas Tomkins.  Among people deceased in 1607, Bartholomew Gosnold ranks 18. Before him are Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Michele Ruggieri, Eleanor of Prussia, Patriarch Job of Moscow, Bento de Góis, and Giovanni Maria Nanino.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bartholomew Gosnold ranks 5,773 out of 8,785. Before him are Garth Ennis (1970), Ray Noble (1903), Olivia Cooke (1993), Martyn Poliakoff (1947), John Arden (1930), and Juno Temple (1989). After him are Allenby Chilton (1918), Jasper Fforde (1961), George MacDonald Fraser (1925), Ninian Stephen (1923), Edward Andrade (1887), and Alan Cox (1968).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Bartholomew Gosnold ranks 80. Before him are Samuel Hearne (1745), David Thompson (1770), Allan Cunningham (1791), Harry Johnston (1858), William Lashly (1867), and John Oxley (1785). After him are James Wordie (1889), Ellen MacArthur (1976), Thomas Mitchell (1792), and Henry Worsley (1960).

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