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Henry Robertson Bowers

1883 - 1912

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Henry Robertson Bowers (29 July 1883 – c. 29 March 1912) was one of Robert Falcon Scott's polar party on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition of 1910–1913, all of whom died during their return from the South Pole. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Robertson Bowers has received more than 318,733 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Henry Robertson Bowers is the 467th most popular explorer (down from 393rd in 2019), the 4,896th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,704th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Henry Robertson Bowers ranks 467 out of 498. Before him are Edgeworth David, Henry Seebohm, Thomas Button, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Anthony de la Roché, and Ranulph Fiennes. After him are Nain Singh, Tom Crean, Oscar Baumann, George Grey, Jan Carstenszoon, and Hubert Wilkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Henry Robertson Bowers ranks 255. Before him are Frank Benford, Erik Norberg, Daniel Kelly, Ercole Olgeni, Paul Pilgrim, and Marguerite Clark. After him are Geraldine Beamish, Aurelio Mosquera, Max Horton, C. I. Lewis, Edna May Oliver, and S. Z. Sakall. Among people deceased in 1912, Henry Robertson Bowers ranks 130. Before him are Edgar Evans, Henry Sweet, Sophia Jex-Blake, Emil Stang, Máximo Tajes, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. After him are Julio Herrera y Obes, Albino Jara, William Forsell Kirby, and Richard Norman Shaw.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Robertson Bowers ranks 4,896 out of 8,785. Before him are Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862), Judy Parfitt (1935), Ralph Ineson (1969), Sarah Trimmer (1741), Lily Allen (1985), and Jenny Beavan (1950). After him are Irving Rapper (1898), Clive Donner (1926), Anne Fine (1947), Bobby Smith (1933), William Beechey (1753), and Dorothy Round (1909).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Henry Robertson Bowers ranks 73. Before him are Edgeworth David (1858), Henry Seebohm (1832), Thomas Button (1575), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), Anthony de la Roché (1700), and Ranulph Fiennes (1944). After him are Samuel Hearne (1745), David Thompson (1770), Allan Cunningham (1791), Harry Johnston (1858), William Lashly (1867), and John Oxley (1785).

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