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John Biscoe

1794 - 1843

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John Biscoe (28 April 1794 – 1843) was an English mariner and explorer who commanded the first expedition known to have sighted the areas named Enderby Land and Graham Land along the coast of Antarctica. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Biscoe has received more than 31,714 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. John Biscoe is the 341st most popular explorer (down from 328th in 2019), the 2,860th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,941st in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 50.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Biscoe ranks 341 out of 498. Before him are Philip Carteret, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Francis Crozier, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Álvaro Fernandes, and Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. After him are Knut Haugland, Albert von Le Coq, Piet Retief, Olav Bjaaland, John Byron, and Gonçalo Velho Cabral.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, John Biscoe ranks 50. Before him are Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Antoine Bussy, Gabriel Antonio Pereira, and Leopold Zunz. After him are Carl Joseph Begas, Prince Frederick of Prussia, Edward Robinson, Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Jeanne Villepreux-Power, and Karl Julius Perleb. Among people deceased in 1843, John Biscoe ranks 25. Before him are Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Casimir Delavigne, John Trumbull, Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, Francis Scott Key, and Kazim Rashti. After him are Hirata Atsutane, Sylvestre François Lacroix, Johann Natterer, Friedrich von Adelung, John Armstrong Jr., and Washington Allston.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Biscoe ranks 2,860 out of 8,785. Before him are Charli XCX (1992), Cenwalh of Wessex (601), Nicky Hopkins (1944), Edwin of Northumbria (586), Jackie Burroughs (1939), and Edward Granville Browne (1862). After him are Johnny Claes (1916), Tom Ellis (1978), Alexander Neckam (1157), Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), Paul Kennedy (1945), and James David Forbes (1809).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Biscoe ranks 38. Before him are Richard Chancellor (1521), Douglas Mawson (1882), Edward Wilson (1872), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), and Francis Crozier (1796). After him are John Byron (1723), Samuel Baker (1821), George Bass (1771), Clements Markham (1830), John Marshall (1748), and Vivian Fuchs (1908).

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