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Edward Wilson

1872 - 1912

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Edward Adrian Wilson (23 July 1872 – 29 March 1912) was an English polar explorer, ornithologist, natural historian, physician and artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Wilson has received more than 28,832 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Wilson is the 344th most popular explorer (up from 372nd in 2019), the 3,102nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,751st in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Explorer.

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  • 48.01

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Edward Wilson ranks 344 out of 405Before him are Oscar Dickson, Georgy Sedov, Benjamin Morrell, John McDouall Stuart, Pyotr Chikhachyov, and John Wesley Powell. After him are Juan de Fuca, Frank Wild, Clements Markham, Henri Duveyrier, Ivan Moskvitin, and Edward Belcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Edward Wilson ranks 126Before him are Teffi, Carl Bonde, Zane Grey, Arthur Blake, Maude Adams, and Gustave Sandras. After him are Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, John Arthur Jarvis, Forest Ray Moulton, Julia Morgan, Charles Gmelin, and Paul-Émile Janson. Among people deceased in 1912, Edward Wilson ranks 90Before him are Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife, Toyohara Chikanobu, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, William Wilson, Arthur MacArthur Jr., and Felix Dahn. After him are Patricio Escobar, Paul Gordan, Ahmet Mithat, Ferdinand Zirkel, Pencho Slaveykov, and Anna Filosofova.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Wilson ranks 3,102 out of 7,765Before him are Ken Stott (1954), Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), Annabelle Wallis (1984), Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430), and Antony Gormley (1950). After him are Norman Smith (1923), Jean Marsh (1934), Israel Regardie (1907), Mary Stewart (1916), Genesis P-Orridge (1950), and Thomas Francis Wade (1818).

Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Edward Wilson ranks 43Before him are Edward John Eyre (1815), Alexander Burnes (1805), John Biscoe (1794), William Smith (1790), Frederick William Beechey (1796), and John McDouall Stuart (1815). After him are Frank Wild (1873), Clements Markham (1830), Edgar Evans (1876), John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), George Bass (1771), and Luke Foxe (1586).