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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 153,136 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Fanny Bullock Workman is the 32nd most popular mountaineer (down from 31st in 2019), the 4,706th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,831st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Mountaineer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.50

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  • 2.45

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Fanny Bullock Workman ranks 32 out of 45Before her are Krzysztof Wielicki, Jon Krakauer, Albert F. Mummery, Peter Habeler, Rob Hall, and Erhard Loretan. After her are Ardito Desio, Riccardo Cassin, Verney Lovett Cameron, Bachendri Pal, Simone Moro, and Ang Rita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Fanny Bullock Workman ranks 88Before her are Victor Loret, Childe Hassam, Paul César Helleu, Karin Bergöö Larsson, August Enna, and Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen. After her are Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas, August von Gödrich, Julius Klengel, Tsubouchi Shōyō, Jacques Loeb, and Anna Palm de Rosa. Among people deceased in 1925, Fanny Bullock Workman ranks 98Before her are Surendranath Banerjee, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, Nelson A. Miles, Otto Wilhelm Thomé, Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin, and Magnus Enckell. After her are Giovanni Battista Grassi, George Bellows, Rudolf Schlechter, Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics, Félix Sesúmaga, and Arkady Averchenko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fanny Bullock Workman ranks 4,706 out of 18,182Before her are Larry Coryell (1943), Jonathan Littell (1967), Janet Jagan (1920), Marilyn Horne (1934), Michael Shannon (1974), and Dorothy Day (1897). After her are Gregg Allman (1947), Paul Shenar (1936), Grace Coolidge (1879), Leo Huberman (1903), Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), and Susan George (1934).

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).