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James Clark Ross

1800 - 1862

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Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of both the northern and southern polar regions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Clark Ross has received more than 825,534 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. James Clark Ross is the 83rd most popular explorer (down from 61st in 2019), the 680th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 561st in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Explorer.

James Clark Ross was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. He was the first to lead a voyage to Antarctica, which he accomplished in 1839.

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  • 3.95

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, James Clark Ross ranks 83 out of 498. Before him are Ármin Vámbéry, Diego Columbus, Lope de Aguirre, Willem Janszoon, Stepan Makarov, and Juan Díaz de Solís. After him are Hugh Glass, Sebastian Cabot, Jean de Béthencourt, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Tristão da Cunha, and Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, James Clark Ross ranks 11. Before him are Millard Fillmore, Charles Goodyear, Henry Fox Talbot, John Edward Gray, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, and Nat Turner. After him are John Brown, Lars Levi Laestadius, Jacques Paul Migne, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, and Mustafa Reşid Pasha. Among people deceased in 1862, James Clark Ross ranks 8. Before him are Henry David Thoreau, Samuel Colt, Jean-Baptiste Biot, John Tyler, Bahadur Shah Zafar, and Mikhail Ostrogradsky. After him are Božena Němcová, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Fromental Halévy, Karl Nesselrode, Elizabeth Siddal, and Henry Thomas Buckle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Clark Ross ranks 680 out of 8,785. Before him are Brian Cox (1946), Ben Jonson (1572), George Porter (1920), Roy Hodgson (1947), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), and John Henry Newman (1801). After him are Bruce Chatwin (1940), Oliver Heaviside (1850), William Jones (1746), Dua Lipa (1995), Jessica Tandy (1909), and Peter Finch (1916).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, James Clark Ross ranks 13. Before him are William Adams (1564), John Smith (1580), Henry Hudson (1570), John Davis (1550), Richard Francis Burton (1821), and William Dampier (1651). After him are Robert FitzRoy (1805), Mary Kingsley (1862), Thomas Cavendish (1560), George Vancouver (1757), Isabella Bird (1831), and Mark Sykes (1879).

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