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Eduard von Toll

1858 - 1902

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Eduard Gustav Freiherr von Toll (Russian: Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Толль, romanized: Eduárd Vasíl'evič Toll'; 14 March [O.S. 2 March] 1858 – 1902), better known in Russia as Eduard Vasilyevich Toll and often referred to as Baron von Toll, was a Russian geologist and Arctic explorer. He is most notable for leading the Russian polar expedition of 1900–1902 in search of the legendary Sannikov Land, a phantom island purported to lie off Russia's Arctic coast. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eduard von Toll has received more than 78,212 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Eduard von Toll is the 240th most popular explorer (up from 276th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 72nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Explorer.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Eduard von Toll ranks 240 out of 498. Before him are Ohthere of Hålogaland, Wulfstan of Hedeby, Jan Czerski, Pedro Cieza de León, Yuri Lisyansky, and Pehr Osbeck. After him are Grigory Potanin, Nikolaus Federmann, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Lady Hester Stanhope, and Rodrigo de Jerez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Eduard von Toll ranks 74. Before him are E. Nesbit, John A. Hobson, P. J. Kennedy, Bipin Chandra Pal, Petar Bojović, and Mikimoto Kōkichi. After him are Stjepan Sarkotić, Gerard Philips, Hans Rott, Anthon van Rappard, Dhondo Keshav Karve, and Cipriano Castro. Among people deceased in 1902, Eduard von Toll ranks 32. Before him are Jan Gotlib Bloch, Imre Steindl, Prudente de Morais, Thomas Nast, Jules Dalou, and Moritz Kaposi. After him are Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, Marie Alfred Cornu, Walter Hauser, Cato Maximilian Guldberg, Ernst Schröder, and Fyodor Stravinsky.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Eduard von Toll ranks 58 out of 351. Before him are Lionel Kieseritzky (1806), Ita Ever (1931), Balthasar Russow (1536), Jaan Tõnisson (1868), Karl Ernst Claus (1796), and Eduard Tubin (1905). After him are Friedrich Martens (1845), Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden (1750), Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1794), Jüri Uluots (1890), Johannes Aavik (1880), and George Hackenschmidt (1877).

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Among EXPLORERS In Estonia

Among explorers born in Estonia, Eduard von Toll ranks 3. Before him are Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778), and Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770). After him are Richard Maack (1825).

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