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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 60,586 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). David Thompson is the 479th most popular explorer (down from 429th in 2019), the 5,489th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,603rd in 2019) and the 75th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 61k

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  • 41.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, David Thompson ranks 479 out of 498. Before him are Hubert Wilkins, Tryggve Gran, Adolphus Greely, Wiley Post, Elisha Kent Kane, and Samuel Hearne. After him are Sarat Chandra Das, Allan Cunningham, Erling Kagge, Harry Johnston, William Lashly, and John Oxley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1770, David Thompson ranks 44. Before him are William Huskisson, Albrecht Berblinger, Zaman Shah Durrani, Thomas Phillips, William Nicol, and James Hogg.  Among people deceased in 1857, David Thompson ranks 60. Before him are Louis McLane, Vasily Perovsky, Gulab Singh, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, William L. Marcy, and Elisha Kent Kane. After him is Nasir-ud-Daulah.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Thompson ranks 5,489 out of 8,785. Before him are Shaun Wright-Phillips (1981), Paul McGuigan (1963), Noel Harrison (1934), Des'ree (1968), Miles Mander (1888), and Compton Mackenzie (1883). After him are Dick Gibson (1918), John Crome (1768), John Skelton (1460), Kevin Warwick (1954), Ronald Stretton (1930), and David Hobbs (1939).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, David Thompson ranks 75. Before him are Thomas Button (1575), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), Anthony de la Roché (1700), Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), and Samuel Hearne (1745). After him are Allan Cunningham (1791), Harry Johnston (1858), William Lashly (1867), John Oxley (1785), Bartholomew Gosnold (1572), and James Wordie (1889).

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