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Henry Worsley

1960 - 2016

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Lieutenant Colonel Alastair Edward Henry Worsley, (4 October 1960 – 24 January 2016) was a British explorer and British Army officer. He was part of a 2009 expedition that retraced Ernest Shackleton's footsteps in the Antarctic. Worsley died in 2016 while attempting to complete the first solo and unaided crossing of the Antarctic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Worsley has received more than 20,368 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Worsley is the 497th most popular explorer (down from 447th in 2019), the 6,705th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,133rd in 2019) and the 84th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 20k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Henry Worsley ranks 497 out of 498. Before him are Laura Dekker, Hamilton Hume, Thomas Mitchell, Ezra Meeker, Marek Kamiński, and Sue Hendrickson. After him are Tim Flannery.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Henry Worsley ranks 752. Before him are Jan Ottosson, Petter Næss, Bob Mould, Siegfried Wentz, Felicitas Hoppe, and Amy Steel. After him are Elena Valenciano, Paulo Rodrigues Barc, Olli Huttunen, Per Carlén, Keiichiro Nuno, and Halim Benmabrouk. Among people deceased in 2016, Henry Worsley ranks 610. Before him are José María Rivas, Ali Hussein Shihab, Wendell R. Anderson, Victoria Wood, Arthur Maia, and Ralph Stanley. After him are Bruno Rangel, René Marsiglia, Deborah S. Jin, David Hahn, Frank Kelly, and Rémy Vogel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Worsley ranks 6,705 out of 8,785. Before him are Ken MacLeod (1954), Richard Hawley (1967), Veronica Carlson (1944), Aiden McGeady (1986), Aneurin Barnard (1987), and Terence O'Neill (1914). After him are Sarah Burton (1974), William Donne (1876), Ronnie Clayton (1934), Stephen Maguire (1981), Emma Corrin (1995), and Gary O'Neil (1983).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Henry Worsley ranks 84. Before 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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