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Florence Baker

1841 - 1916

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Florence, Lady Baker, or Florence Barbara Marie Finnian: or Florica Maria Sas; or Maria Freiin von Sas; or Barbara Maria Szász (6 August 1841 – 11 March 1916) was a Hungarian-born British explorer. Born in Transylvania (then in the Kingdom of Hungary), she became an orphan when her parents and brother were murdered by the Romanian marauders led by Ioan Axente Sever and Simion Prodan who killed approximately 1000 predominantly Hungarian civilians in Nagyenyed on 8–9 January, 1849. She fled with the remains of the Hungarian army to the Ottoman Empire, to Vidin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Florence Baker has received more than 152,670 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Florence Baker is the 353rd most popular explorer, the 310th most popular biography from Romania and the 3rd most popular Romanian Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Florence Baker ranks 353 out of 498. Before her are Gonçalo Velho Cabral, Oscar Dickson, Édouard-Alfred Martel, Domingo Martínez de Irala, Pascual de Andagoya, and Juan Fernández. After her are Irina Solovyova, Miguel Corte-Real, John Wesley Powell, Samuel Baker, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, and Georgy Sedov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Florence Baker ranks 77. Before her are Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Paul Eyschen, Antonio Pacinotti, Carl Graebe, and Benedict Menni. After her are William Henry Hudson, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Julius Zeyer, René Panhard, Savva Mamontov, and Joaquín Crespo. Among people deceased in 1916, Florence Baker ranks 111. Before her are Jane Dieulafoy, Albert Chmielowski, Charles Dawson, Ioannis Frangoudis, Ishi, and Henri Harpignies. After her are Alfred Kleiner, Giuseppe Pitrè, Ștefan Luchian, Gabrielle Petit, Walter Sutton, and Karl Klindworth.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Florence Baker ranks 310 out of 844. Before her are Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949), Iuliu Hossu (1885), Barbu Știrbey (1872), Lascăr Catargiu (1823), Bertalan Székely (1835), and Isidore Isou (1925). After her are Corneliu Baba (1906), Gabriela Adameșteanu (1942), Gheorghe Albu (1909), Dimitrie Popescu (1961), Sándor Végh (1912), and Ludovic Orban (1963).

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Among EXPLORERS In Romania

Among explorers born in Romania, Florence Baker ranks 3. Before her are Julius Popper (1857), and Nikolai Spathari (1636). After her are Sámuel Teleki (1845).

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