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Charles Sturt

1795 - 1869

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Charles Napier Sturt (28 April 1795 – 16 June 1869) was a British officer and explorer of Australia, and part of the European exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers, establishing that they all merged into the Murray River, which flows into the Southern Ocean. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Sturt has received more than 353,625 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Sturt is the 451st most popular explorer (down from 425th in 2019), the 731st most popular biography from India (down from 661st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Explorer.

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  • 350k

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  • 52.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Charles Sturt ranks 451 out of 498. Before him are Ernest Henry Wilson, Frank Wild, Gombojab Tsybikov, Johann Ludwig Krapf, John Moresby, and Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz. After him are Robert O'Hara Burke, Edgar Evans, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, John Rae, and Vassili Poyarkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Charles Sturt ranks 62. Before him are Luis José de Orbegoso, José María Obando, Vasily Perovsky, Benizelos Roufos, Pedro Blanco Soto, and John P. Kennedy. After him are John Francis Davis, Benjamin Franklin Butler, William Lyon Mackenzie, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, Christian Friedrich Ecklon, and Frances Wright. Among people deceased in 1869, Charles Sturt ranks 61. Before him are Thomas Hodgskin, José Hilario López, Peter Mark Roget, Diomidis Kyriakos, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, and Robert J. Walker. After him are Michael Sars, John Bell, Mary Ward, Afzal-ud-Daulah, John Cassin, and William P. Fessenden.

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In India

Among people born in India, Charles Sturt ranks 731 out of 1,861. Before him are John Abraham (1972), S. M. Krishna (1932), Usha Mehta (1920), Arunachalam Muruganantham (1961), Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), and Sharman Joshi (1979). After him are Muiz ud din Bahram (null), Anna Chandy (1905), Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905), Radhanath Sikdar (1813), Murad Bakhsh (1624), and Raja Ramanna (1925).

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Among EXPLORERS In India

Among explorers born in India, Charles Sturt ranks 3. Before him are Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1858), and Tim Severin (1940). After him are Nain Singh (1830).

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