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James Weddell

1787 - 1834

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James Weddell (24 August 1787 – 9 September 1834) was a British sailor, navigator and seal hunter who in February 1823 sailed to latitude of 74° 15′ S—a record 7.69 degrees or 532 statute miles south of the Antarctic Circle—and into a region of the Southern Ocean that later became known as the Weddell Sea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Weddell has received more than 116,985 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). James Weddell is the 198th most popular explorer (down from 174th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, James Weddell ranks 198 out of 498. Before him are Bartolomeu Perestrello, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Olivier van Noort, Matthew Flinders, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and Wilhelm Filchner. After him are Samuel Wallis, André Thevet, Vasily Tatishchev, Estêvão Gomes, Naddodd, and Thekla Resvoll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, James Weddell ranks 23. Before him are Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Delphine LaLaurie, Ludwig Uhland, Eliza Poe, and William Etty. After him are Christian Ludwig Brehm, Konstantin Batyushkov, Pellegrino Rossi, Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, Mathieu Orfila, and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Among people deceased in 1834, James Weddell ranks 21. Before him are Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium, Aleksey Arakcheyev, and Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Robert Morrison, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Giovanni Aldini, Elisa Radziwiłł, and Gamzat-bek.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, James Weddell ranks 307 out of 1,190. Before him are Arnold Geulincx (1624), Peter Snayers (1592), William of Moerbeke (1215), Arthur Grumiaux (1921), Frans Janssens (1945), and Stradanus (1523). After him are Odilon Polleunis (1943), Claude Piron (1931), Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (967), Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651), Guido Gezelle (1830), and Hendrik Conscience (1812).

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Among EXPLORERS In Belgium

Among explorers born in Belgium, James Weddell ranks 2. Before him are Adrien de Gerlache (1866). After him are Louis Hennepin (1626).

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