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Harry Johnston

1858 - 1927

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Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston (12 June 1858 – 31 July 1927) was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely across Africa to speak some of the languages spoken by people on that continent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Johnston has received more than 122,412 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Harry Johnston is the 483rd most popular explorer (down from 434th in 2019), the 5,662nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,900th in 2019) and the 77th most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Harry Johnston ranks 483 out of 498. Before him are Elisha Kent Kane, Samuel Hearne, David Thompson, Sarat Chandra Das, Allan Cunningham, and Erling Kagge. After him are William Lashly, John Oxley, Bartholomew Gosnold, James Wordie, John Forrest, and Ellen MacArthur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Harry Johnston ranks 144. Before him are George Washington Goethals, Zdenka Braunerová, Anna J. Cooper, Joseph DeCamp, Charles Eastman, and Rosa Smith Eigenmann. After him are Katharine Drexel, Henry Watson Fowler, George Lyon, and Carter Glass. Among people deceased in 1927, Harry Johnston ranks 152. Before him are Virgilio Mantegazza, Émile Albrecht, William Healey Dall, Carl H. Eigenmann, Sarah Frances Whiting, and Charles Sprague Sargent. After him are Sybil Bauer, Juliette Gordon Low, and B. B. Comer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harry Johnston ranks 5,662 out of 8,785. Before him are Sean Biggerstaff (1983), Marc Warren (1967), William Dunbar (1460), Ivor Broadis (1922), Ian Brown (1963), and Jackie Lewis (1936). After him are Jane Leeves (1961), Conrad Lant (1963), Louise Rayner (1832), Timothy Gowers (1963), Peter Doherty (1913), and Jimmy Mullen (1923).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Harry Johnston ranks 77. Before him are Anthony de la Roché (1700), Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), Samuel Hearne (1745), David Thompson (1770), and Allan Cunningham (1791). After him are William Lashly (1867), John Oxley (1785), Bartholomew Gosnold (1572), James Wordie (1889), Ellen MacArthur (1976), and Thomas Mitchell (1792).

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