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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 29,797 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. John Biscoe is the 329th most popular explorer (down from 260th in 2019), the 2,949th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,169th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 48.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Biscoe ranks 329 out of 405. Before him are Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Stepan Krasheninnikov, Charles Francis Hall, and Francisco de Ulloa. After him are Nathaniel Palmer, Pascual de Andagoya, William Smith, Frederick William Beechey, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, and Édouard-Alfred Martel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, John Biscoe ranks 44. Before him are Carl Borivoj Presl, Leopold Zunz, Achille Valenciennes, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Eduard Friedrich Eversmann, and Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Carl Joseph Begas, Achille Richard, Umihana Čuvidina, Heinrich Boie, Gabriel Antonio Pereira, and Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal. Among people deceased in 1843, John Biscoe ranks 25. Before him are Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Casimir Delavigne, John Trumbull, Francis Scott Key, Sylvestre François Lacroix, and Domingo Caycedo. After him are Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, Kazim Rashti, Hirata Atsutane, Johann Natterer, Washington Allston, and Friedrich von Adelung.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Biscoe ranks 2,949 out of 7,765. Before him are Donald Moffat (1930), Jeremy Northam (1961), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Sally Hawkins (1976), Robert Bolt (1924), and Jim Marshall (1923). After him are David Almond (1951), Dennis Stratton (1952), Arnold Wesker (1932), Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton (1931), Geoff Downes (1952), and Robert Holdstock (1948).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Biscoe ranks 39. Before him are Francis Crozier (1796), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Edward John Eyre (1815), and Alexander Burnes (1805). After him are William Smith (1790), Frederick William Beechey (1796), John McDouall Stuart (1815), Edward Wilson (1872), Frank Wild (1873), and Clements Markham (1830).

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