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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 147,714 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). George W. De Long is the 210th most popular explorer (down from 191st in 2019), the 2,949th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,747th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Explorer.

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  • 150k

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  • 55.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, George W. De Long ranks 210 out of 498. Before him are Thekla Resvoll, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, John Ross, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, and Lincoln Ellsworth. After him are Alejandro Malaspina, Francisco de Bobadilla, Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Julius Klaproth, Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn, and Carsten Borchgrevink.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, George W. De Long ranks 50. Before him are Carl Hagenbeck, Vasily Polenov, Eduard Strasburger, Édouard Drumont, Louis Riel, and Lujo Brentano. After him are Jenny Longuet, Joshua Slocum, Garret Hobart, Wilhelm Leibl, Numa Droz, and Béhanzin. Among people deceased in 1881, George W. De Long ranks 39. Before him are Princess Caroline of Denmark, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, Daniele Comboni, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, Nikolai Kibalchich, and Duke Alexander of Württemberg. After him are Ami Boué, Aga Khan I, Émile Littré, Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, John Gould, and Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George W. De Long ranks 2,949 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Hanssen (1944), Jeffrey Tambor (1944), Martha Scott (1912), Shera Danese (1949), Katie Holmes (1978), and Howlin' Wolf (1910). After him are Lisa Edelstein (1966), Jane Kaczmarek (1955), Tom Holland (1943), Robert Stroud (1890), Elbridge Gerry (1744), and Stephen Foster (1826).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, George W. De Long ranks 12. Before him are Sacagawea (1780), Frederick Cook (1865), Don Walsh (1931), Simon Fraser (1776), Jimmie Angel (1899), and Lincoln Ellsworth (1880). After him are Daniel Boone (1734), Jedediah Smith (1799), Jim Bridger (1804), Charles Wilkes (1798), Ada Blackjack (1898), and Charles Francis Hall (1821).

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