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Herbert Ponting

1870 - 1935

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Herbert George Ponting, FRGS (21 March 1870 – 7 February 1935) was a professional photographer. He is best known as the expedition photographer and cinematographer for Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to the Ross Sea and South Pole (1910–1913). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Ponting has received more than 105,352 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Ponting is the 440th most popular explorer (down from 402nd in 2019), the 4,166th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,797th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 46.06

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Herbert Ponting ranks 440 out of 498. Before him are Henry Kellett, Tim Severin, Mikhail Somov, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Aeneas Mackintosh, and John Gardner Wilkinson. After him are Karl Mauch, Louis Hennepin, Artur Chilingarov, Matthew Henson, Ernest Henry Wilson, and Frank Wild.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Herbert Ponting ranks 141. Before him are Jüri Jaakson, Teodor Shteingel, Henri Bouckaert, Marcus Loew, Charles Homer Haskins, and George Eyser. After him are Maud Barger-Wallach, Hermann Harms, Harry Vardon, Hisashi Kimura, Lloyd Hildebrand, and Karel Kašpar. Among people deceased in 1935, Herbert Ponting ranks 128. Before him are Alfred Ewing, Herbert Giles, Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, Vernon Lee, Guido Balzarini, and Tryggvi Þórhallsson. After him are Edwin Arlington Robinson, George William Russell, Aimé Haegeman, Jón Þorláksson, Nikodem Caro, and James Quibell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Herbert Ponting ranks 4,166 out of 8,785. Before him are Maurice Greene (1696), Steve Hillage (1951), Patrick Moore (1923), Skin (1967), John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), and John Foxx (1948). After him are Myra Hess (1890), Gavin Harrison (1963), Elizabeth Montagu (1718), Isaac Pitman (1813), Sebastian Cabot (1918), and Edward Rutherfurd (1948).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Herbert Ponting ranks 60. Before him are George Nares (1831), Luke Foxe (1586), Edward John Eyre (1815), George Back (1796), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), and John Gardner Wilkinson (1797). After him are Ernest Henry Wilson (1876), Frank Wild (1873), John Moresby (1830), Edgar Evans (1876), John Rae (1813), and Ed Stafford (1975).

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