PHOTOGRAPHER

Frank Hurley

1885 - 1962

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James Francis "Frank" Hurley (15 October 1885 – 16 January 1962) was an Australian photographer and adventurer. He participated in a number of expeditions to Antarctica and served as an official photographer with Australian forces during both world wars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Hurley has received more than 352,782 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Frank Hurley is the 130th most popular photographer (down from 115th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from Australia (down from 239th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Photographer.

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  • 45.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Frank Hurley ranks 130 out of 148. Before him are Thomas Struth, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Sean Flynn, Ilse Bing, Milton H. Greene, and Sanja Iveković. After him are Allan Warren, Emma Schenson, Zaida Ben-Yusuf, Fernando Pereira, Toni Frissell, and Alvin Langdon Coburn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Frank Hurley ranks 236. Before him are Károly Dietz, Malcolm Campbell, Urani Rumbo, Heinrich Schomburgk, Charles Henry Bartlett, and Luciano Savorini. After him are Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa, Julio Lozano Díaz, Adela Pankhurst, Frederick Holman, Mário de Noronha, and Ben Chifley. Among people deceased in 1962, Frank Hurley ranks 195. Before him are Victor Sonnemans, John Rimmer, Harmodio Arias Madrid, André Roosevelt, Charles Reisner, and Gerrit Achterberg. After him are Clara Blandick, Robinson Jeffers, William Beebe, María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, Jean Brichaut, and Leon Kruczkowski.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Frank Hurley ranks 278 out of 1,143. Before him are Herb Elliott (1938), Mark Viduka (1975), Alexander Volkanovski (1988), Vern Schuppan (1943), John Broughton (1952), and Markus Zusak (1975). After him are Dave Power (1928), Jason Donovan (1968), Bill Bruce (1923), Stephen Laybutt (1977), Kyrie Irving (1992), and Cathy Freeman (1973).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Australia

Among photographers born in Australia, Frank Hurley ranks 1. 

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