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Francis Garnier

1839 - 1873

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Marie Joseph François Garnier (Vietnamese: Ngạc Nhi; 25 July 1839 – 21 December 1873) was a French officer, inspector of Indigenous Affairs of Cochinchina and explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Garnier has received more than 83,360 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Garnier is the 240th most popular explorer (down from 222nd in 2019), the 2,841st most popular biography from France (down from 2,562nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Explorer.

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  • 52.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Francis Garnier ranks 240 out of 405. Before him are John Byron, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Chris McCandless, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Samuel Baker, and Ma Huan. After him are Jorge Álvares, Annie Londonderry, Vladimir Atlasov, Thorvald Eiriksson, St John Philby, and Ingvar the Far-Travelled.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Francis Garnier ranks 38. Before him are Joseph Oller, Hans Thoma, Hermann Levi, Béni Kállay, Imre Steindl, and Pavlo Chubynsky. After him are Jane Morris, Hermann Hankel, Pōmare V, Walter Pater, Ouida, and Nikolai Linevich. Among people deceased in 1873, Francis Garnier ranks 35. Before him are Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Urbano Rattazzi, Louis Le Chatelier, Adam Sedgwick, and Wilhelm Marstrand. After him are Hermann Hankel, Ferdinand David, Auguste von Harrach, Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Paweł Strzelecki, and Giovanni Battista Donati.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francis Garnier ranks 2,841 out of 6,011. Before him are Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908), Charles Chamberland (1851), Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1798), Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739), Jean-François Dandrieu (1682), and Alain Finkielkraut (1949). After him are Pierre Woodman (1963), Louis Rosier (1905), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Louis Camille Maillard (1878), François de Charette (1763), and Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Francis Garnier ranks 25. Before him are Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), René Caillié (1799), Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), and Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658). After him are Nicolas Baudin (1754), Freya Stark (1893), Pierre Poivre (1719), Édouard-Alfred Martel (1859), Henri Duveyrier (1840), and Étienne Brûlé (1592).

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