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George W. De Long

1844 - 1881

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George Washington De Long (August 22, 1844 – c. October 31, 1881) was a United States Navy officer and explorer who led the ill-fated Jeannette expedition of 1879–1881, in search of the Open Polar Sea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George W. De Long has received more than 135,954 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). George W. De Long is the 192nd most popular explorer (up from 205th in 2019), the 2,754th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,936th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Explorer.

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  • 54.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, George W. De Long ranks 192 out of 405. Before him are Jimmie Angel, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Fernão do Pó, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Oscar Wisting, and Henri Mouhot. After him are Nuno Tristão, Daniel Boone, Hendrik Brouwer, James Bruce, Francisco de Montejo, and John Rolfe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, George W. De Long ranks 44. Before him are Minna Canth, Thomas Eakins, Joshua Slocum, Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Victorine Meurent, and Vasily Polenov. After him are Édouard Branly, Princess Françoise of Orléans, Édouard Drumont, Carl Hagenbeck, Gyula Benczúr, and Lujo Brentano. Among people deceased in 1881, George W. De Long ranks 36. Before him are Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Sophia Perovskaya, Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Princess Caroline of Denmark, Ami Boué, and Jim Bridger. After him are Jacques Collin de Plancy, Joseph Škoda, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Daniele Comboni, John Gould, and Émile Littré.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George W. De Long ranks 2,754 out of 18,182. Before him are Tracy Morgan (1968), Ronald Lauder (1944), Jill St. John (1940), Fritz Leiber (1910), Richard Thorpe (1896), and Leonard Susskind (1940). After him are Mike Pompeo (1963), William Labov (1927), Henry Wilson (1812), Billy Milligan (1955), Charles Tilly (1929), and Ann Dunham (1942).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, George W. De Long ranks 12. Before him are Frederick Cook (1865), Sacagawea (1780), Jim Bridger (1804), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Don Walsh (1931), and Jimmie Angel (1899). After him are Daniel Boone (1734), Jedediah Smith (1799), Chris McCandless (1968), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), William Clark (1770), and Edward S. Curtis (1868).

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