Geographer

George Everest

1790 - 1866

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George Everest

His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2024). George Everest is the 14th most popular geographer (up from 15th in 2024), the 563rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 489th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Geographer.

George Everest was a British surveyor who is most famous for being the first to measure the height of Mount Everest.

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Among Geographers

Among geographers, George Everest ranks 14 out of 86. Before him are Abraham Ortelius, Martin Waldseemüller, Carl Ritter, David Harvey, Ferdinand von Richthofen, and Wladimir Köppen. After him are Ya'qubi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Ibn Khordadbeh, Pomponius Mela, Paul Vidal de La Blache, and Ibn Jubayr.

Most Popular Geographers in Wikipedia

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Abraham Ortelius
1527 - 1598
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 8
Martin Waldseemüller
1470 - 1520
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 9
Carl Ritter
1779 - 1859
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 10
David Harvey
1935 - Present
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 11
Ferdinand von Richthofen
1833 - 1905
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 12
Wladimir Köppen
1846 - 1940
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 13
George Everest
1790 - 1866
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 14
Ya'qubi
801 - 898
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 15
Georg Joachim Rheticus
1514 - 1574
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 16
Ibn Khordadbeh
820 - 912
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 17
Pomponius Mela
15 - 100
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 18
Paul Vidal de La Blache
1845 - 1918
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 19
Ibn Jubayr
1145 - 1217
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 20

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, George Everest ranks 7. Before him are Jean-François Champollion, Leopold I of Belgium, August Ferdinand Möbius, Alphonse de Lamartine, John Tyler, and Sunjo of Joseon. After him are Jules Dumont d'Urville, John Frederic Daniell, William Parry, Nicolas Chauvin, Gideon Mantell, and Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden. Among people deceased in 1866, George Everest ranks 3. Before him are Bernhard Riemann, and Miguel I of Portugal. After him are Karl Ludwig Hencke, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Hermann Goldschmidt, Tokugawa Iemochi, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, William Whewell, Chief Seattle, and Friedrich Rückert.

Others Born in 1790

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Jean-François Champollion
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1790 - 1832
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 1
Leopold I of Belgium
POLITICIAN
1790 - 1865
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 2
August Ferdinand Möbius
MATHEMATICIAN
1790 - 1868
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 3
Alphonse de Lamartine
WRITER
1790 - 1869
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 4
John Tyler
POLITICIAN
1790 - 1862
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 5
Sunjo of Joseon
POLITICIAN
1790 - 1834
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 6
George Everest
GEOGRAPHER
1790 - 1866
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 7
Jules Dumont d'Urville
EXPLORER
1790 - 1842
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 8
John Frederic Daniell
CHEMIST
1790 - 1845
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 9
William Parry
EXPLORER
1790 - 1855
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 10
Nicolas Chauvin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1790 - 1900
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 11
Gideon Mantell
GEOLOGIST
1790 - 1852
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 12
Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
POLITICIAN
1790 - 1852
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 13

Others Deceased in 1866

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Bernhard Riemann
MATHEMATICIAN
1826 - 1866
HPI: 85.32
Rank: 1
Miguel I of Portugal
NOBLEMAN
1802 - 1866
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 2
George Everest
GEOGRAPHER
1790 - 1866
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 3
Karl Ludwig Hencke
ASTRONOMER
1793 - 1866
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 4
Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily
POLITICIAN
1782 - 1866
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 5
Hermann Goldschmidt
ASTRONOMER
1802 - 1866
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 6
Tokugawa Iemochi
POLITICIAN
1846 - 1866
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 7
Philipp Franz von Siebold
PHYSICIAN
1796 - 1866
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 8
Madame Clicquot Ponsardin
BUSINESSPERSON
1777 - 1866
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 9
William Whewell
PHYSICIST
1794 - 1866
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 10
Chief Seattle
POLITICIAN
1786 - 1866
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 11
Friedrich Rückert
WRITER
1788 - 1866
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 12