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Hugh Clapperton

1788 - 1827

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Bain Hugh Clapperton (18 May 1788 – 13 April 1827) was a Scottish naval officer and explorer of West and Central Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Clapperton has received more than 80,781 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Hugh Clapperton is the 393rd most popular explorer (down from 310th in 2019), the 3,699th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,648th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 81k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Hugh Clapperton ranks 393 out of 405. Before him are Boris Vilkitsky, Robert McClure, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Ranulph Fiennes, and Theodor von Heuglin. After him are Henry Robertson Bowers, Johannes Rebmann, Vivian Fuchs, François Levaillant, Tim Severin, and Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Hugh Clapperton ranks 50. Before him are Gheorghe Asachi, Spyridon Trikoupis, Sarah Goodridge, Adoniram Judson, Edwin Atherstone, and Károly Kisfaludy. After him are William Henry Smyth, Charles Robert Cockerell, Prideaux John Selby, John Canfield Spencer, and Sarah Josepha Hale. Among people deceased in 1827, Hugh Clapperton ranks 34. Before him are François Fournier-Sarlovèze, Morten Thrane Brünnich, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Henry Salt, Countess Friederike von Schlieben, and Charles Willson Peale. After him are Rufus King and Israel Pickens.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Clapperton ranks 3,699 out of 7,765. Before him are Leslie Phillips (1924), Stafford Cripps (1889), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), Edwin Long (1829), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), and John Major (1467). After him are Curt Smith (1961), Ray Park (1974), Mick Avory (1944), David Goodall (1914), James Francis Stephens (1792), and Georges Passerieu (1885).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Hugh Clapperton ranks 56. Before him are Alfred Maudslay (1850), John Marshall (1748), George Nares (1831), Anthony de la Roché (1700), Tobias Furneaux (1735), and Ranulph Fiennes (1944). After him are Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), Vivian Fuchs (1908), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), John Moresby (1830), Herbert Ponting (1870), and George Back (1796).

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