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Edward Bransfield

1785 - 1852

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Edward Bransfield (c. 1785 – 31 October 1852) was an Irish sailor who became an officer in the British Royal Navy, serving 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 102,979 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Bransfield is the 232nd most popular explorer (up from 307th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 152nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Explorer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Edward Bransfield ranks 232 out of 405. Before him are Pedro Arias Dávila, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Douglas Mawson, Dinis Dias, Juan de Garay, and Alexandrine Tinné. After him are Carl Anton Larsen, John Byron, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Chris McCandless, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, and Samuel Baker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Edward Bransfield ranks 28. Before him are William Prout, Adam Wilhelm Moltke, Isabella Colbran, Charles Xavier Thomas, Archduke Karl of Austria-Este, and José Miguel Carrera. After him are Carl Adolph Agardh, Adam Sedgwick, Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Victor de Broglie, Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau, and August Immanuel Bekker. Among people deceased in 1852, Edward Bransfield ranks 33. Before him are Salvadore Cammarano, Amir Kabir, Augustus Pugin, Matthias Castrén, Étienne Maurice Gérard, and Vincenzo Gioberti. After him are Louisa Adams, Bernardino Drovetti, Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, John Lloyd Stephens, Eugène Burnouf, and Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Edward Bransfield ranks 99 out of 501. Before him are Patrick Pearse (1879), Arthur Guinness (1725), Edward Mulhare (1923), William Brown (1777), Saint Fiacre (607), and Fiona Shaw (1958). After him are Dymphna (700), Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760), Turlough O'Carolan (1670), Kevin of Glendalough (498), John Ellis (1710), and Grace O'Malley (1530).

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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 Henry Kellett (1806), Robert McClure (1807), Robert O'Hara Burke (1821), and Tom Crean (1877).

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