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Edward S. Curtis

1868 - 1952

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Edward Sheriff Curtis (February 19, 1868 – October 19, 1952, sometimes given as Edward Sherriff Curtis) was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and on Native American people. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward S. Curtis has received more than 684,854 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward S. Curtis is the 307th most popular explorer (down from 283rd in 2019), the 4,414th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,216th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Edward S. Curtis by language

Over the past year Edward S. Curtis has had the most page views in the with 64,173 views, followed by French (9,106), and German (5,513). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Croatian (92.05%), Basque (68.29%), and Armenian (66.43%)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Edward S. Curtis ranks 307 out of 498. Before him are Fernão de Loronha, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Bertrand Piccard, Meriwether Lewis, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, and Ludwig Leichhardt. After him are Helmer Hanssen, Francis Younghusband, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Chris McCandless, and Francisco de Ulloa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Edward S. Curtis ranks 124. Before him are Wilhelm Stekel, John Nance Garner, Théodore Steeg, Delfim Moreira, Alfred Fowler, and Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear. After him are Anna Missuna, John Sealy Townsend, Filipp Makharadze, Marie Dressler, Juventino Rosas, and Georges Lacombe. Among people deceased in 1952, Edward S. Curtis ranks 95. Before him are Arturo Rawson, Mariano Azuela, Harold Innis, Franz John, Antonia Maury, and Alberto Savinio. After him are Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Krystyna Skarbek, Max Dehn, David Bergelson, Adolf Busch, and Gino Fano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward S. Curtis ranks 4,414 out of 20,380. Before him are Teddy Wilson (1912), Patrick O'Neal (1927), Kent Nagano (1951), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Jason Alexander (1959), and Moses Finley (1912). After him are Ted Cassidy (1932), Peter Straub (1943), Arthur O'Connell (1908), Cat Power (1972), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), and John Finn (1952).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Edward S. Curtis ranks 20. Before him are Jedediah Smith (1799), Jim Bridger (1804), Charles Wilkes (1798), Ada Blackjack (1898), Charles Francis Hall (1821), and Meriwether Lewis (1774). After him are Chris McCandless (1968), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), William Clark (1770), Louise Arner Boyd (1887), and John C. Frémont (1813).

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