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Frederick William Beechey

1796 - 1856

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Frederick William Beechey (17 February 1796 – 29 November 1856) was an English naval officer, artist, explorer, hydrographer and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick William Beechey has received more than 93,672 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick William Beechey is the 394th most popular explorer (down from 332nd in 2019), the 3,461st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,996th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 94k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Frederick William Beechey has had the most page views in the with 10,394 views, followed by German (1,477), and Japanese (1,029). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (66.40%), Hebrew (35.23%), and Egyptian Arabic (30.10%)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Frederick William Beechey ranks 394 out of 498. Before him are Sámuel Teleki, Étienne Brûlé, Androsthenes of Thasos, Pyotr Anjou, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, and Vivian Fuchs. After him are John McDouall Stuart, Frans Blom, Karl Maximovich, Jacques Labillardière, Yakov Sannikov, and Finn Ronne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, Frederick William Beechey ranks 58. Before him are William H. Prescott, Karl Leberecht Immermann, Franz von Schober, Wilhelm Hemprich, Pyotr Anjou, and Joseph Meyer. After him are Phan Thanh Giản, John M. Clayton, George Back, John Torrey, Nikolai Turczaninow, and Henry De la Beche. Among people deceased in 1856, Frederick William Beechey ranks 49. Before him are Josef Kajetán Tyl, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, Michel Félix Dunal, Ivan Kireyevsky, Johan August Wahlberg, and Joseph Meyer. After him are John M. Clayton, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, William Yarrell, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, Thomas Doughty, and John Eaton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick William Beechey ranks 3,461 out of 8,785. Before him are William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), Keir Starmer (1962), James Mellaart (1925), Cherie Blair (1954), Nora Stanton Barney (1883), and Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (1893). After him are E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845), Leonard Meredith (1882), Jim Sturgess (1978), Peter Maxwell Davies (1934), and Simeon Solomon (1840).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Frederick William Beechey ranks 45. Before him are John Byron (1723), Samuel Baker (1821), George Bass (1771), Clements Markham (1830), John Marshall (1748), and Vivian Fuchs (1908). After him are John McDouall Stuart (1815), Christopher Middleton (1690), Tobias Furneaux (1735), Alexander Burnes (1805), Lachlan Macquarie (1762), and Boyd Alexander (1873).

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