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Charles Wilkes

1798 - 1877

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Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Wilkes has received more than 284,471 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Charles Wilkes is the 315th most popular explorer (up from 319th in 2019), the 4,990th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,121st in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Charles Wilkes ranks 315 out of 405. Before him are Louis Jolliet, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Piet Retief, Isidore of Charax, Edward John Eyre, and John C. Frémont. After him are Alexander Burnes, Pyotr Kozlov, Grímur Kamban, Eudoxus of Cyzicus, Félix de Azara, and Olav Bjaaland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Charles Wilkes ranks 31. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, Sophronius IV of Alexandria, Alexei Lvov, Anton Delvig, Macedonio Melloni, and Carl Blechen. After him are Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, Paolo Savi, Willibald Alexis, Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, Karl von Holtei, and Alexander McDonnell. Among people deceased in 1877, Charles Wilkes ranks 42. Before him are Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, Joseph Bienaimé Caventou, Johann von Herbeck, Angelica Singleton Van Buren, Nikolay Ogarev, and Fernán Caballero. After him are Georg Adolf Erman, Janko Matúška, Nathaniel Palmer, Julius Rietz, Jung Bahadur Rana, and Johann Carl Fuhlrott.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Wilkes ranks 4,990 out of 18,182. Before him are Embeth Davidtz (1965), Jamie Hyneman (1956), Tony Visconti (1944), Tony Amendola (1951), Jason Becker (1969), and Emily Procter (1968). After him are Steve Zahn (1967), David Baldacci (1960), Lester R. Brown (1934), William J. Donovan (1883), Jack Kramer (1921), and Keith David (1956).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Charles Wilkes ranks 21. Before him are Chris McCandless (1968), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), William Clark (1770), Edward S. Curtis (1868), Meriwether Lewis (1774), and John C. Frémont (1813). After him are Charles Francis Hall (1821), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), Benjamin Morrell (1795), John Wesley Powell (1834), Louise Arner Boyd (1887), and George Kennan (1845).

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