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Edward John Eyre

1815 - 1901

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Edward John Eyre (5 August 1815 – 30 November 1901) was an English land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, and Governor of Jamaica. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward John Eyre has received more than 255,405 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward John Eyre is the 313th most popular explorer (up from 359th in 2019), the 2,692nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,533rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Edward John Eyre ranks 313 out of 405Before him are Humphrey Gilbert, Kristian Prestrud, Louis Jolliet, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Piet Retief, and Isidore of Charax. After him are John C. Frémont, Charles Wilkes, Alexander Burnes, Pyotr Kozlov, Grímur Kamban, and Eudoxus of Cyzicus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Edward John Eyre ranks 51Before him are Robert Volkmann, George Averoff, Alexander von Keyserling, Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg, Karl von Blaas, and Pavel Fedotov. After him are Eduard August von Regel, Aleksandr Baryatinsky, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Warren De la Rue, John McDouall Stuart, and Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina. Among people deceased in 1901, Edward John Eyre ranks 55Before him are Wojciech Gerson, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Jacob Georg Agardh, Alexander Kovalevsky, Peter Benoit, and Jules Barbier. After him are Frederic W. H. Myers, August Malmström, Víctor Balaguer i Cirera, Domenico Morelli, Václav Brožík, and Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward John Eyre ranks 2,692 out of 7,765Before him are Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), George Dawe (1781), Georgette Heyer (1902), Joseph Grimaldi (1778), Richard Marquand (1937), and John Keegan (1934). After him are Martin Barre (1946), Freddie Jones (1927), E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), Elizabeth Fry (1780), Naveen Andrews (1969), and Anna Russell (1807).

Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Edward John Eyre ranks 37Before him are Anthony Jenkinson (1529), Richard Chancellor (1521), Francis Crozier (1796), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), and Humphrey Gilbert (1539). After him are Alexander Burnes (1805), John Biscoe (1794), William Smith (1790), Frederick William Beechey (1796), John McDouall Stuart (1815), and Edward Wilson (1872).