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Edward Whymper

1840 - 1911

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Edward Whymper FRSE (27 April 1840 – 16 September 1911) was an English mountaineer, explorer, illustrator, and author best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. Four members of his climbing party were killed during the descent. Whymper also made important first ascents on the Mont Blanc massif and in the Pennine Alps, Chimborazo in South America, and the Canadian Rockies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Whymper has received more than 334,432 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Edward Whymper is the 9th most popular mountaineer (up from 10th in 2019), the 825th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 876th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Mountaineer.

Edward Whymper is most famous for being the first person to climb the Matterhorn.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Edward Whymper ranks 9 out of 56. Before him are Tenzing Norgay, Heinrich Harrer, George Mallory, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Junko Tabei, and Jerzy Kukuczka. After him are Hermann Buhl, Jacques Balmat, Walter Bonatti, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Achille Compagnoni, and Wanda Rutkiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Edward Whymper ranks 22. Before him are Father Damien, Per Teodor Cleve, Thomas Hardy, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Alfred Thayer Mahan. After him are Hiram Maxim, Giovanni Verga, Hans Makart, Kuroda Kiyotaka, Sisowath of Cambodia, and Princess Margaretha of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1911, Edward Whymper ranks 15. Before him are Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Georg Jellinek, Emilio Salgari, Maria Pia of Savoy, Valentin Serov, and Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Ahmed ‘Urabi, Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, Laura Marx, Theodor Escherich, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, and Joseph Bell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Whymper ranks 825 out of 8,785. Before him are Kim Cattrall (1956), Dylan Thomas (1914), Edward Kelley (1555), Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005), E. M. Forster (1879), and William Carey (1761). After him are Peter Cushing (1913), H. L. A. Hart (1907), Derek Jacobi (1938), Mairead Maguire (1944), Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), and Cliff Williams (1949).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In United Kingdom

Among mountaineers born in United Kingdom, Edward Whymper ranks 2. Before him are George Mallory (1886). After him are John Muir (1838), Albert F. Mummery (1855), Andrew Irvine (1902), Verney Lovett Cameron (1844), and Alison Hargreaves (1962).

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