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David Thompson

1770 - 1857

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David Thompson (30 April 1770 – 10 February 1857) was an Anglo-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and cartographer, known to some native people as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Thompson has received more than 57,693 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. David Thompson is the 430th most popular explorer (down from 391st in 2019), the 4,612th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,261st in 2019) and the 70th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 42.27

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, David Thompson ranks 430 out of 405Before him are Louis Hennepin, Edgeworth David, Charles Sturt, William Lashly, Ed Stafford, and Wiley Post. After him are Matthew Henson, Hubert Wilkins, Samuel Hearne, Henry Seebohm, Harry Johnston, and George Grey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1770, David Thompson ranks 39Before him are Lucia Migliaccio, William Nicol, William Huskisson, Zaman Shah Durrani, Albrecht Berblinger, and James Hogg.  Among people deceased in 1857, David Thompson ranks 57Before him are Johann Jakob Heckel, Gulab Singh, Louis McLane, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Elisha Kent Kane, and William L. Marcy. After him is Nasir-ud-Daulah.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Thompson ranks 4,612 out of 7,765Before him are Patricia Quinn (1944), Mary Peters (1939), Kenneth McAlpine (1920), Lawrence Stone (1919), Jeremy Spencer (1948), and Stuart Pearce (1962). After him are Peter Chelsom (1956), Lashana Lynch (1987), Reginald McKenna (1863), Richard Overy (1947), Cecil Griffiths (1900), and Mason Mount (1999).

Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, David Thompson ranks 70Before him are Lachlan Macquarie (1762), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), John Rae (1813), Edgeworth David (1858), William Lashly (1867), and Ed Stafford (1975). After him are Samuel Hearne (1745), Henry Seebohm (1832), Harry Johnston (1858), Allan Cunningham (1791), Bartholomew Gosnold (1572), and John Oxley (1785).