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Edward Belcher

1799 - 1877

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Sir Edward Belcher (27 February 1799 – 18 March 1877) was a British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Belcher has received more than 117,978 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Edward Belcher is the 402nd most popular explorer (down from 349th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Canada (down from 301st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Edward Belcher ranks 402 out of 498. Before him are Frans Blom, Karl Maximovich, Jacques Labillardière, Yakov Sannikov, Finn Ronne, and Christopher Middleton. After him are Frederick Russell Burnham, Boris Vilkitsky, Gennady Nevelskoy, Eudoxus of Cyzicus, Louis-Gustave Binger, and François Levaillant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, Edward Belcher ranks 51. Before him are Fyodor Bruni, Heinrich von Gagern, Amos Bronson Alcott, Frederick Catherwood, William Rutter Dawes, and James Prinsep. After him are Henry Monnier, Eliza Acton, George Finlay, František Čelakovský, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, and Jean Baptiste Boisduval. Among people deceased in 1877, Edward Belcher ranks 60. Before him are Juan Bautista Gill, Johann Carl Fuhlrott, Alexander Brullov, Ramón Cabrera, 1st Duke of Maestrazgo, Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, and Karel Sabina. After him are Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, Henry Monnier, Anthimus VI of Constantinople, Karl Ludwig Littrow, Facundo Machaín, and Filippo Parlatore.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Edward Belcher ranks 356 out of 1,622. Before him are Donal Logue (1966), Hal Foster (1892), Bernie Shaw (1956), Tommy Burns (1881), A. J. Cook (1978), and R. B. Bennett (1870). After him are Howie Mandel (1955), Duncan McNaughton (1910), Guy Lafleur (1951), Richard Williams (1933), Heather Menzies (1949), and Garth Hudson (1937).

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Among EXPLORERS In Canada

Among explorers born in Canada, Edward Belcher ranks 5. Before him are Joshua Slocum (1844), Louis Jolliet (1645), Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879), and Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661). After him are Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680).

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