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John Byron

1723 - 1786

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Vice-Admiral John Byron (8 November 1723 – 1 April 1786) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer. He earned the nickname "Foul-Weather Jack" in the press because of his frequent encounters with bad weather at sea. As a midshipman, he sailed in the squadron under George Anson on his voyage around the world, though Byron's ship, HMS Wager, made it only to southern Chile, where it was wrecked. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Byron has received more than 322,575 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. John Byron is the 346th most popular explorer (down from 233rd in 2019), the 2,921st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,956th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Byron ranks 346 out of 498. Before him are Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, John Biscoe, Knut Haugland, Albert von Le Coq, Piet Retief, and Olav Bjaaland. After him are Gonçalo Velho Cabral, Oscar Dickson, Édouard-Alfred Martel, Domingo Martínez de Irala, Pascual de Andagoya, and Juan Fernández.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, John Byron ranks 26. Before him are Pehr Osbeck, William Blackstone, Marcus Elieser Bloch, William Chambers, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, and William Livingston. After him are Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Richard Price, Peter Ascanius, and Crispus Attucks. Among people deceased in 1786, John Byron ranks 23. Before him are Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Nathanael Greene, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, Gustaf Lundberg, Jean-Étienne Guettard, and Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch. After him are Gaspar de Portolá, John Stanley, and William Duesbury.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Byron ranks 2,921 out of 8,785. Before him are Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), Christina Pickles (1935), Maria Edgeworth (1768), Robert Simson (1687), Barry Morse (1918), and Graham Sutherland (1903). After him are Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609), Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), Paul Weller (1958), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), and Elizabeth Fry (1780).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Byron ranks 39. Before him are Douglas Mawson (1882), Edward Wilson (1872), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Francis Crozier (1796), and John Biscoe (1794). After him are Samuel Baker (1821), George Bass (1771), Clements Markham (1830), John Marshall (1748), Vivian Fuchs (1908), and Frederick William Beechey (1796).

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