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Benjamin Morrell

1795 - 1839

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Benjamin Morrell (July 5, 1795 – c. 1839) was an American sea captain, explorer and trader who made a number of voyages, mainly to the Atlantic, the Southern Ocean and the Pacific Islands. In a ghost-written memoir, A Narrative of Four Voyages, which describes his sea-going life between 1823 and 1832, Morrell included numerous claims of discovery and achievement, many of which have been disputed by geographers and historians, and in some cases have been proven false. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Morrell has received more than 179,774 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Morrell is the 383rd most popular explorer (down from 339th in 2019), the 6,276th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,672nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Explorer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Benjamin Morrell ranks 383 out of 498. Before him are Henri Duveyrier, Gaspar de Portolá, Carl Koldewey, Jørgen Jørgensen, García López de Cárdenas, and John Marshall. After him are Vasily Chichagov, Alexander Fersman, Lourenço de Almeida, Teoberto Maler, Sámuel Teleki, and Étienne Brûlé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Benjamin Morrell ranks 50. Before him are Heinrich Rose, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Joseph Böhm, Rowland Hill, Bernt Michael Holmboe, and Nikolaos Mantzaros. After him are Pedro María de Anaya, George Peabody, José Gregorio Monagas, José Miguel de Velasco Franco, Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, and Luis José de Orbegoso. Among people deceased in 1839, Benjamin Morrell ranks 38. Before him are Giuseppe Valadier, Joseph-François Michaud, Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, Yuriy Venelin, Hendrik Voogd, and Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel. After him are José María Heredia y Heredia, Alexander Odoevsky, Jens Esmark, William Beechey, Thomas Bibb, and Allan Cunningham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Morrell ranks 6,276 out of 20,380. Before him are Carolee Schneemann (1939), Ancel Keys (1904), Christopher McQuarrie (1968), Ben Hogan (1912), Harrison Young (1930), and Lindsey Vonn (1984). After him are Rand Brooks (1918), Priscilla Pointer (1924), Jackson Showalter (1860), Terry Melcher (1942), Ted DiBiase (1954), and Justin Chambers (1970).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Benjamin Morrell ranks 29. Before him are Nathaniel Palmer (1799), William Clark (1770), Louise Arner Boyd (1887), John C. Frémont (1813), John Wesley Powell (1834), and George Kennan (1845). After him are Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), John Colter (1774), Matthew Henson (1866), Isaac Israel Hayes (1832), Adolphus Greely (1844), and Wiley Post (1898).

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