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Charles Francis Hall

1821 - 1871

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Charles Francis Hall (c. 1821 – November 8, 1871) was an American Arctic explorer, best known for his collection of Inuit testimony regarding the 1845 Franklin Expedition and the suspicious circumstances surrounding his death while leading the American-sponsored Polaris expedition in an attempt to be the first to reach the North Pole. The expedition was marred by insubordination, incompetence, and poor leadership. Hall returned to the ship from an exploratory sledging journey, and promptly fell ill. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Francis Hall has received more than 168,046 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Charles Francis Hall is the 297th most popular explorer (up from 326th in 2019), the 4,162nd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,257th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Charles Francis Hall ranks 297 out of 498. Before him are Eusebio Kino, Edward Wilson, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Lourenço Marques, Semyon Chelyuskin, and Louis Jolliet. After him are László Almásy, Peter Freuchen, Alexander Gordon Laing, Fernão de Loronha, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, and Bertrand Piccard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Charles Francis Hall ranks 57. Before him are John C. Breckinridge, Karol Mikuli, Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe, Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, Princess Catherine of Württemberg, and Friedrich Kiel. After him are Nikolai Zaremba, James Longstreet, Clara Barton, Prince Adolf of Auersperg, Octave Feuillet, and Georgi Sava Rakovski. Among people deceased in 1871, Charles Francis Hall ranks 35. Before him are Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti, Roderick Murchison, Henry E. Steinway, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, Josef Mánes, and Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau. After him are József Eötvös, Willibald Alexis, Peter von Hess, François Delsarte, Henriette d'Angeville, and Henri Regnault.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Francis Hall ranks 4,162 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Carlucci (1930), Eddie Bracken (1915), Albert George Wilson (1918), Jane Toppan (1854), Lawrence Kasdan (1949), and Willa Cather (1873). After him are John D. Rockefeller III (1906), Horace Greeley (1811), John Lloyd Stephens (1805), Ansel Adams (1902), Belle Starr (1848), and Wallace Stevens (1879).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Charles Francis Hall ranks 18. Before him are George W. De Long (1844), Daniel Boone (1734), Jedediah Smith (1799), Jim Bridger (1804), Charles Wilkes (1798), and Ada Blackjack (1898). After him are Meriwether Lewis (1774), Edward S. Curtis (1868), Chris McCandless (1968), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), and William Clark (1770).

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