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Boyd Alexander

1873 - 1910

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Lieutenant Boyd Alexander (16 January 1873 – 2 April 1910) was an English officer in the British Army, as well as an explorer and ornithologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boyd Alexander has received more than 32,228 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Boyd Alexander is the 420th most popular explorer (down from 408th in 2019), the 3,970th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,992nd in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 32k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Boyd Alexanders by language

Over the past year Boyd Alexander has had the most page views in the with 3,041 views, followed by Russian (1,234), and Spanish (644). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malayalam (65.05%), Portuguese (43.45%), and Finnish (34.58%)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Boyd Alexander ranks 420 out of 498. Before him are Kristian Prestrud, Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, Richard Maack, Alexander Burnes, Valerian Albanov, and Lachlan Macquarie. After him are Hugh Clapperton, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, John Colter, Charles John Andersson, Alfred Maudslay, and George Nares.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Boyd Alexander ranks 161. Before him are Zivar bey Ahmadbeyov, Antonina Nezhdanova, Julieta Lanteri, Francisco Villota, Étienne Desmarteau, and Franz Weidenreich. After him are Luise Fleck, Harry Spanjer, Carlos Mendieta, Enoch Sontonga, Olaf Gulbransson, and Lev Chugaev. Among people deceased in 1910, Boyd Alexander ranks 94. Before him are Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Jacob Volhard, Vittoria Aganoor, Joaquim Nabuco, Stamatios Nikolopoulos, and Julia Ward Howe. After him are Emīls Dārziņš, Melville Fuller, Emily Blackwell, Johan Vaaler, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, and Albert Nasse.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Boyd Alexander ranks 3,970 out of 8,785. Before him are Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), Horace Lamb (1849), William Powell Frith (1819), Gerald Finzi (1901), Maxim (1967), and Richard J. Evans (1947). After him are Louis Tomlinson (1991), David James (1970), John Powell (1963), Thomas Linley the younger (1756), Brian Henton (1946), and Kenneth More (1914).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Boyd Alexander ranks 51. Before him are Frederick William Beechey (1796), John McDouall Stuart (1815), Christopher Middleton (1690), Tobias Furneaux (1735), Alexander Burnes (1805), and Lachlan Macquarie (1762). After him are Hugh Clapperton (1788), Alfred Maudslay (1850), George Nares (1831), Luke Foxe (1586), Edward John Eyre (1815), and George Back (1796).

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