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Isaac Israel Hayes

1832 - 1881

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Isaac Israel Hayes (March 5, 1832 – December 17, 1881) was an American Arctic explorer, physician, and politician, who was appointed as the commanding officer at Satterlee General Hospital during the American Civil War, and was then elected, after the war, to the New York State Assembly. His book, The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, in the Schooner United States, was published in 1867. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Israel Hayes has received more than 72,056 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Israel Hayes is the 459th most popular explorer (down from 413th in 2019), the 9,371st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,908th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Isaac Israel Hayes ranks 459 out of 498. Before him are Edgar Evans, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, John Rae, Vassili Poyarkov, and Georgy Ushakov. After him are Ed Stafford, Edgeworth David, Henry Seebohm, Thomas Button, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, and Anthony de la Roché.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Isaac Israel Hayes ranks 95. Before him are Edward Wilmot Blyden, Edward Newton, José María Campo Serrano, Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Octave Chanute, and Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg. After him are Juris Alunāns, Henry Seebohm, Lizardo Montero Flores, José Ruperto Monagas, Walter Q. Gresham, and Rebecca Solomon. Among people deceased in 1881, Isaac Israel Hayes ranks 84. Before him are Kolyu Ficheto, Jānis Cimze, Johann Ludwig Krapf, Josip Jurčič, James Collinson, and John C. Pemberton. After him are William Burges, Franz von Dingelstedt, Thomas François Burgers, and Sidney Lanier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Isaac Israel Hayes ranks 9,371 out of 20,380. Before him are John Henry Twachtman (1853), Jim Backus (1913), Garrick Ohlsson (1948), Fay McKenzie (1918), Art Mollner (1912), and James Skivring Smith (1825). After him are Ned Rorem (1923), Frank Murkowski (1933), Roy A. Tucker (1951), William Hood Simpson (1888), Julian Casablancas (1978), and Rich Moore (1963).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Isaac Israel Hayes ranks 33. Before him are John Wesley Powell (1834), George Kennan (1845), Benjamin Morrell (1795), Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), John Colter (1774), and Matthew Henson (1866). After him are Adolphus Greely (1844), Wiley Post (1898), Elisha Kent Kane (1820), Ann Bancroft (1955), Ezra Meeker (1830), and Sue Hendrickson (1949).

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