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Humphrey Gilbert

1539 - 1583

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Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 – 9 September 1583) was an English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was a pioneer of the English colonial empire in North America and the Plantations of Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Humphrey Gilbert has received more than 498,952 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Humphrey Gilbert is the 272nd most popular explorer (up from 306th in 2019), the 2,207th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,652nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Humphrey Gilbert ranks 272 out of 498. Before him are Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Ippolito Rosellini, Paweł Strzelecki, Grigory Shelikhov, Juan Pizarro, and Vladimir Atlasov. After him are Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Georg August Wallin, Karl Weyprecht, Nikolai Spathari, João da Nova, and Richard Chancellor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1539, Humphrey Gilbert ranks 17. Before him are Chōsokabe Motochika, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Hasegawa Tōhaku, Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine, Salima Sultan Begum, and Yi San-hae. After him are Nicolò Donato, Olivier de Serres, and Pierre Pithou. Among people deceased in 1583, Humphrey Gilbert ranks 15. Before him are Surdas, Oda Nobutaka, Pirro Ligorio, Andrey Kurbsky, Antoinette de Bourbon, and Juan de Garay. After him are Zacharias Ursinus, Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels, Jacques Pelletier du Mans, and Thomas Erastus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Humphrey Gilbert ranks 2,207 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary Bell (1957), John Kemp Starley (1854), Timothy Garton Ash (1955), Nicolas Roeg (1928), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), and Joseph Lancaster (1778). After him are Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), Michael Jackson (1942), Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925), William Hartnell (1908), Charles Barry (1795), and Prince Henri of Orléans (1867).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Humphrey Gilbert ranks 31. Before him are Matthew Flinders (1774), Samuel Wallis (1728), John Ross (1777), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), William Smith (1790), and Anthony Jenkinson (1529). After him are Richard Chancellor (1521), Douglas Mawson (1882), Edward Wilson (1872), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), and Francis Crozier (1796).

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