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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 110,729 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Johnston is the 435th most popular explorer (down from 396th in 2019), the 4,912th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,500th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular British Explorer.

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  • 110k

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  • 41.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Harry Johnston ranks 435 out of 405Before him are Wiley Post, David Thompson, Matthew Henson, Hubert Wilkins, Samuel Hearne, and Henry Seebohm. After him are George Grey, Allan Cunningham, Adolphus Greely, Bartholomew Gosnold, John Oxley, and James Wordie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Harry Johnston ranks 124Before him are Mary Harrison McKee, Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, Mary Adela Blagg, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Edgeworth David, and Anna J. Cooper. After him are Charles Eastman, Katharine Drexel, George Lyon, Henry Watson Fowler, and Carter Glass. Among people deceased in 1927, Harry Johnston ranks 128Before him are Ödön Bodor, Harald Hansen, Manuel Gondra, Georg Ossian Sars, Leonard Wood, and Samuel Garman. After him are Charles Sprague Sargent, Otto Blehr, Sybil Bauer, William Healey Dall, and Juliette Gordon Low.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harry Johnston ranks 4,912 out of 7,765Before him are Dani Filth (1973), Nick Clegg (1967), Michael Moran (1948), Charles Hutton (1737), Emily Davies (1830), and Gloria Holden (1903). After him are Alan Hollinghurst (1954), Emlyn Hughes (1947), Benjamin Zephaniah (1958), Steven Isserlis (1958), Stella Gibbons (1902), and Andrew Davis (1944).

Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Harry Johnston ranks 73Before him are Edgeworth David (1858), William Lashly (1867), Ed Stafford (1975), David Thompson (1770), Samuel Hearne (1745), and Henry Seebohm (1832). After him are Allan Cunningham (1791), Bartholomew Gosnold (1572), John Oxley (1785), James Wordie (1889), Ellen MacArthur (1976), and Thomas Mitchell (1792).