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Edward Bransfield

1785 - 1852

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Edward Bransfield (c. 1785 – 31 October 1852) was a Royal Navy officer who served as a master on several ships, after being impressed into service in Ireland at the age of 18. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Bransfield has received more than 108,370 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Edward Bransfield is the 247th most popular explorer (down from 231st in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 98th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Edward Bransfield ranks 247 out of 498. Before him are Grigory Potanin, Nikolaus Federmann, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Lady Hester Stanhope, and Rodrigo de Jerez. After him are Juan de Garay, Pero Escobar, Ingvar the Far-Travelled, Thorvald Eiriksson, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, and Snorri Thorfinnsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Edward Bransfield ranks 31. Before him are Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Adam Wilhelm Moltke, Adam Sedgwick, William Jackson Hooker, August Immanuel Bekker, and Victor de Broglie. After him are Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Vicente López y Planes, José Miguel Carrera, Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau, Agustín Gamarra, and Lady Caroline Lamb. Among people deceased in 1852, Edward Bransfield ranks 36. Before him are Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, Salvadore Cammarano, Vincenzo Gioberti, Achille Richard, Louisa Adams, and Augustus Pugin. After him are Carl Borivoj Presl, Georg August Wallin, James Pradier, Georg von Langsdorff, Bernardino Drovetti, and Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Edward Bransfield ranks 106 out of 549. Before him are Arthur Griffith (1871), John Millington Synge (1871), Fiona Shaw (1958), Arthur Guinness (1725), Constantine III of Scotland (971), and William Brown (1777). After him are John Boland (1870), Roger Casement (1864), Richard Montgomery (1738), G. E. M. Anscombe (1919), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (1977), and Cornelius Ryan (1920).

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Among EXPLORERS In Ireland

Among explorers born in Ireland, Edward Bransfield ranks 3. Before him are Ernest Shackleton (1874), and Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810). After him are Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie (1815), Robert McClure (1807), Henry Kellett (1806), Robert O'Hara Burke (1821), and Tom Crean (1877).

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