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George Back

1796 - 1878

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Admiral Sir George Back (6 November 1796 – 23 June 1878) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer of the Canadian Arctic, naturalist and artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Back has received more than 129,690 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Back is the 430th most popular explorer (down from 405th in 2019), the 4,062nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,890th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, George Back ranks 430 out of 498. Before him are Charles John Andersson, Alfred Maudslay, George Nares, Sverre Hassel, Luke Foxe, and Edward John Eyre. After him are Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Robert McClure, Dirk Hartog, Henry Kellett, Tim Severin, and Mikhail Somov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, George Back ranks 61. Before him are Wilhelm Hemprich, Pyotr Anjou, Joseph Meyer, Frederick William Beechey, Phan Thanh Giản, and John M. Clayton. After him are John Torrey, Nikolai Turczaninow, Henry De la Beche, Robert Wight, John Bell, and Benjamin Bonneville. Among people deceased in 1878, George Back ranks 62. Before him are William M. Tweed, Jaroslav Čermák, Thomas Thomson, William Cullen Bryant, Nicolae Golescu, and Aleardo Aleardi. After him are Andrew Scott Waugh, Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Francisco Linares Alcántara, José Amador de los Ríos, George Henry Lewes, and William Stokes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Back ranks 4,062 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward John Eyre (1815), Acker Bilk (1929), Bernard Cribbins (1928), John Sykes (1959), Paddy Considine (1973), and Sydney Parkinson (1745). After him are Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), Grace Chisholm Young (1868), Martin O'Neill (1952), Daniel Tammet (1979), Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696), and Alan A'Court (1934).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, George Back ranks 57. Before him are Boyd Alexander (1873), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Alfred Maudslay (1850), George Nares (1831), Luke Foxe (1586), and Edward John Eyre (1815). After him are Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), Herbert Ponting (1870), Ernest Henry Wilson (1876), Frank Wild (1873), and John Moresby (1830).

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