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François Levaillant

1753 - 1824

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François Levaillant (born Vaillant, later in life as Le Vaillant, "The Valiant") (6 August 1753 – 22 November 1824) was a French author, explorer, naturalist, zoological collector, travel writer, and noted ornithologist. He described many new species of birds based on birds he collected in Africa and several birds are named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Levaillant has received more than 48,356 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). François Levaillant is the 408th most popular explorer (down from 396th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Suriname (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Surinamer Explorer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, François Levaillant ranks 408 out of 498. Before him are Edward Belcher, Frederick Russell Burnham, Boris Vilkitsky, Gennady Nevelskoy, Eudoxus of Cyzicus, and Louis-Gustave Binger. After him are Theodor Kotschy, Lars Christensen, Tobias Furneaux, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Man of the Hole, and Kristian Prestrud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, François Levaillant ranks 40. Before him are Fyodor Alekseyev, John Soane, William Nicholson, Thomas Bewick, Bartolina Sisa, and Edward Pigott. After him are Nikolay Lvov, Dugald Stewart, William Beechey, James McHenry, William Eustis, and William Roscoe. Among people deceased in 1824, François Levaillant ranks 34. Before him are Agustín de Betancourt, Blasius Merrem, Fyodor Alekseyev, David Bushnell, Hans Nielsen Hauge, and André Thouin. After him are Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert, Lachlan Macquarie, Caesar Augustus Rodney, Mah Laqa Bai, Jonathan Dayton, and Jane Taylor.

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In Suriname

Among people born in Suriname, François Levaillant ranks 16 out of 33. Before him are Henck Arron (1936), Johan Kraag (1913), Ramsewak Shankar (1937), Henny Meijer (1962), Remy Bonjasky (1976), and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (1972). After him are Fred Ramdat Misier (1926), Stanley Menzo (1963), Cynthia McLeod (1936), Melvin Manhoef (1976), Henk Fraser (1966), and Ulrich van Gobbel (1971).

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Among EXPLORERS In Suriname

Among explorers born in Suriname, François Levaillant ranks 1. 

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