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Charles John Andersson

1827 - 1867

Charles John Andersson

Karl John (Karl Johan) Andersson (4 March 1827 in Norra Råda Värmland, Sweden – 9 July 1867 in Angola) was a Swedish explorer, hunter and trader as well as an amateur naturalist and ornithologist. He is most famous for the many books he published about his travels, and for being one of the most notable explorers of southern Africa, mostly in present-day Namibia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles John Andersson has received more than 38,756 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles John Andersson is the 365th most popular explorer (down from 315th in 2019), the 644th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 523rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Explorer.

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39k
Page Views (PV)
47.20
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
15
Languages Editions (L)
6.20
Effective Languages (L*)
1.71
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Charles John Andersson ranks 365 out of 405. Before him are Étienne Brûlé, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Teoberto Maler, Edgar Evans, John Gardner Wilkinson, and George Bass. After him are Aeneas Mackintosh, Finn Ronne, Lauge Koch, Yakov Sannikov, Frederick Russell Burnham, and Louis de Freycinet.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

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Étienne Brûlé
1592 - 1633
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 359
Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein
1759 - 1823
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 360
Teoberto Maler
1842 - 1917
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 361
Edgar Evans
1876 - 1912
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 362
John Gardner Wilkinson
1797 - 1875
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 363
George Bass
1771 - 1803
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 364
Charles John Andersson
1827 - 1867
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 365
Aeneas Mackintosh
1879 - 1916
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 366
Finn Ronne
1899 - 1980
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 367
Lauge Koch
1892 - 1964
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 368
Yakov Sannikov
1780 - 1825
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 369
Frederick Russell Burnham
1861 - 1947
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 370
Louis de Freycinet
1779 - 1841
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 371

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Charles John Andersson ranks 53. Before him are Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov, Jacques-Louis Soret, Frederick Abel, William Dwight Whitney, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, and Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are Mary Ward, Ramón Emeterio Betances, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Barbara Bodichon, and William Burges. Among people deceased in 1867, Charles John Andersson ranks 50. Before him are Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, Artur Grottger, Santiago Derqui, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Phan Thanh Giản, and José Mariano Salas. After him are Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Athanasios Miaoulis, Prideaux John Selby, and Robert Smirke.

Others Born in 1827

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Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov
1827 - 1889
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 47
Jacques-Louis Soret
1827 - 1890
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 48
Frederick Abel
1827 - 1902
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 49
William Dwight Whitney
1827 - 1894
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 50
Kostandin Kristoforidhi
1827 - 1895
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 51
Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont
1827 - 1910
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 52
Charles John Andersson
1827 - 1867
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 53
Mary Ward
1827 - 1869
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 54
Ramón Emeterio Betances
1827 - 1898
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 55
Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford
1827 - 1905
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 56
Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque
1827 - 1895
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 57
Barbara Bodichon
1827 - 1891
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 58
William Burges
1827 - 1881
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 59