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Francis Crozier

1796 - 1848

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Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier (; 17 October 1796 – disappeared 26 April 1848) was an Irish officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer who participated in six expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. In 1843, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society for his scientific work during his expeditions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Crozier has received more than 1,275,178 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Francis Crozier is the 337th most popular explorer (down from 273rd in 2019), the 2,817th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,332nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Explorer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

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  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Francis Crozier ranks 337 out of 498. Before him are Pyotr Beketov, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, John C. Frémont, Félix de Azara, Philip Carteret, and Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein. After him are Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Álvaro Fernandes, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, John Biscoe, Knut Haugland, and Albert von Le Coq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, Francis Crozier ranks 49. Before him are Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Antun Mihanović, Philippe Buchez, Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, Fernán Caballero, and Leopold II, Prince of Lippe. After him are Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Stefano Franscini, William H. Prescott, Karl Leberecht Immermann, Franz von Schober, and Wilhelm Hemprich. Among people deceased in 1848, Francis Crozier ranks 49. Before him are Petrobey Mavromichalis, Ludwig Leichhardt, Yevhen Hrebinka, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, Martinus Rørbye, and Jaime Balmes. After him are Jacob Sturm, Steen Steensen Blicher, George W. Campbell, Vasily Stasov, Felix Lichnowsky, and Pedro Vélez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Crozier ranks 2,817 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Girtin (1775), Peter Banks (1947), Janet McTeer (1961), Effie Gray (1828), Christiane Amanpour (1958), and Arthur Holmes (1890). After him are Bob Fitzsimmons (1863), Arthur Gore (1868), Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803), Hamilton Harty (1879), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), and C. Aubrey Smith (1863).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Francis Crozier ranks 37. Before him are Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Richard Chancellor (1521), Douglas Mawson (1882), Edward Wilson (1872), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), and Alexander Dalrymple (1737). After him are John Biscoe (1794), John Byron (1723), Samuel Baker (1821), George Bass (1771), Clements Markham (1830), and John Marshall (1748).

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