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Fanny Bullock Workman

1859 - 1925

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Fanny Bullock Workman (January 8, 1859 – January 22, 1925) was an American geographer, cartographer, explorer, travel writer, and mountaineer, notably in the Himalayas. She was one of the first female professional mountaineers; she not only explored but also wrote about her adventures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fanny Bullock Workman has received more than 161,294 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Fanny Bullock Workman is the 29th most popular mountaineer (up from 31st in 2019), the 4,241st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,694th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Mountaineer.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Fanny Bullock Workman ranks 29 out of 56Before her are Lionel Terray, Andrew Irvine, Anatoli Boukreev, Krzysztof Wielicki, Jon Krakauer, and Peter Habeler. After her are Erhard Loretan, Riccardo Cassin, Rob Hall, Ardito Desio, Ueli Steck, and Vittorio Sella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Fanny Bullock Workman ranks 83Before her are Louis Majorelle, Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, Samuel Alexander, Kosta Khetagurov, Otto Hölder, and August Enna. After her are Jacques Loeb, Constantine VI of Constantinople, Virginie Demont-Breton, Childe Hassam, Karl Muck, and Tsubouchi Shōyō. Among people deceased in 1925, Fanny Bullock Workman ranks 90Before her are Antonio Ascari, Bajram Curri, Roger de La Fresnaye, André Caplet, Magnus Enckell, and Leo Fall. After her are Carl Neumann, Otto Wilhelm Thomé, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, Giovanni Battista Grassi, J. M. E. McTaggart, and Alfred Perot.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fanny Bullock Workman ranks 4,241 out of 20,380Before her are Roy Buchanan (1939), Freddie Hubbard (1938), Jesse Jane (1980), Aldo Leopold (1887), Imogen Cunningham (1883), and Jeannette Rankin (1880). After her are Edward Furlong (1977), Linda Fiorentino (1958), Gary Coleman (1968), Pat Benatar (1953), Sarah Goodridge (1788), and John Paine (1870).

Among MOUNTAINEERS In United States

Among mountaineers born in United States, Fanny Bullock Workman ranks 2Before her are Jon Krakauer (1954). After her are Dean Potter (1972), Erik Weihenmayer (1968), and Jordan Romero (1996).