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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 252,992 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Edward John Eyre is the 429th most popular explorer (down from 312th in 2019), the 4,056th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,685th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Edward John Eyres by language

Over the past year Edward John Eyre has had the most page views in the with 28,304 views, followed by Italian (2,277), and German (1,923). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (256.90%), Basque (73.61%), and Belarusian (46.76%)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Edward John Eyre ranks 429 out of 498. Before him are John Colter, Charles John Andersson, Alfred Maudslay, George Nares, Sverre Hassel, and Luke Foxe. After him are George Back, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Robert McClure, Dirk Hartog, Henry Kellett, and Tim Severin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Edward John Eyre ranks 79. Before him are Warren De la Rue, Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Giovanni Caselli, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Athanasios Miaoulis, and Otto von Böhtlingk. After him are Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Edward James Roye, Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, Howell Cobb, William J. Hardee, and James Seddon. Among people deceased in 1901, Edward John Eyre ranks 83. Before him are William M. Evarts, Ignatius L. Donnelly, Konstantin Stoilov, Federico Errázuriz Echaurren, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, and Joseph Olivier. After him are Émile Fisseux, Peter Tait, Dimitar Grekov, Oscar De Cock, Kliment of Tarnovo, and Henri Helle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward John Eyre ranks 4,056 out of 8,785. Before him are Steve Coogan (1965), Mary Millar (1936), Dennis Brain (1921), Luke Foxe (1586), Herbert Giles (1845), and Rachel Portman (1960). After him are Acker Bilk (1929), Bernard Cribbins (1928), John Sykes (1959), Paddy Considine (1973), Sydney Parkinson (1745), and George Back (1796).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Edward John Eyre ranks 56. Before him are Lachlan Macquarie (1762), Boyd Alexander (1873), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Alfred Maudslay (1850), George Nares (1831), and Luke Foxe (1586). After him are George Back (1796), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), Herbert Ponting (1870), Ernest Henry Wilson (1876), and Frank Wild (1873).

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