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Henry Schoolcraft

1793 - 1864

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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (March 28, 1793 – December 10, 1864) was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his 1832 expedition to the source of the Mississippi River. He is also noted for his major six-volume study of Native Americans commissioned by Congress and published in the 1850s. He served as United States Indian agent in Michigan for a period beginning in 1822. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Schoolcraft has received more than 211,935 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Henry Schoolcraft is the 84th most popular geographer (down from 74th in 2019), the 12,716th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,379th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Henry Schoolcraft ranks 84 out of 86. Before him are Yuly Shokalsky, Guillaume Grandidier, Herman Moll, Anne Buttimer, John Speed, and Thomas Griffith Taylor. After him are Alexander Keith Johnston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Henry Schoolcraft ranks 57. Before him are Robert Edmond Grant, Manuel Menéndez, Thomas Doughty, Eliphalet Remington, Charles Lock Eastlake, and Felicia Hemans. After him are Edward Bates, and John Slidell. Among people deceased in 1864, Henry Schoolcraft ranks 74. Before him are William T. Anderson, Juris Alunāns, John Sedgwick, Leonidas Polk, Benjamin Silliman, and William Smith O'Brien.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Schoolcraft ranks 12,716 out of 20,380. Before him are Kyle Richards (1969), Celeste Yarnall (1944), Michael Pollan (1955), Tommy Tuberville (1954), Paul Westphal (1950), and Ray LaHood (1945). After him are Alex Karras (1935), Craig Mazin (1971), Richard A. Muller (1944), Gabriel Moore (1785), Simone Biles (1997), and Amy Chua (1962).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In United States

Among geographers born in United States, Henry Schoolcraft ranks 7. Before him are William Morris Davis (1850), Marie Tharp (1920), Richard Hartshorne (1899), Ellen Churchill Semple (1863), Carl O. Sauer (1889), and Ellsworth Huntington (1876).

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