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Clements Markham

1830 - 1916

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Sir Clements Robert Markham (20 July 1830 – 30 January 1916) was an English geographer, explorer and writer. He was secretary of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) between 1863 and 1888, and later served as the Society's president for a further 12 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clements Markham has received more than 159,895 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Clements Markham is the 376th most popular explorer (down from 346th in 2019), the 3,219th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,114th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Explorer.

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  • 160k

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  • 48.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Clements Markham ranks 376 out of 498. Before him are Juan de Oñate, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, Theodor von Heuglin, Pyotr Chikhachyov, Matvei Gedenshtrom, and Johannes Rebmann. After him are Henri Duveyrier, Gaspar de Portolá, Carl Koldewey, Jørgen Jørgensen, García López de Cárdenas, and John Marshall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Clements Markham ranks 56. Before him are Ivan Larionov, Grigor Parlichev, Gustav Lange, Henry Peach Robinson, Juan Manuel Blanes, and Karl Klindworth. After him are Clémence Royer, James G. Blaine, Charles Wyville Thomson, Peter Arnold Heise, Karolina Světlá, and Jaroslav Čermák. Among people deceased in 1916, Clements Markham ranks 118. Before him are Alfred Kleiner, Giuseppe Pitrè, Ștefan Luchian, Gabrielle Petit, Walter Sutton, and Karl Klindworth. After him are Rik Wouters, Georgios Theotokis, William Merritt Chase, Sámuel Teleki, Paul von Plehwe, and Leo Anton Karl de Ball.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Clements Markham ranks 3,219 out of 8,785. Before him are Chris Barber (1930), Roger Norrington (1934), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), Archibald Scott Couper (1831), Charlie Whiting (1952), and Jack Grealish (1995). After him are Eddie Owen (1886), Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944), Stuart Baxter (1953), George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923), Nevile Henderson (1882), and Mark Gatiss (1966).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Clements Markham ranks 42. Before him are Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Francis Crozier (1796), John Biscoe (1794), John Byron (1723), Samuel Baker (1821), and George Bass (1771). After him are John Marshall (1748), Vivian Fuchs (1908), Frederick William Beechey (1796), John McDouall Stuart (1815), Christopher Middleton (1690), and Tobias Furneaux (1735).

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