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John Gardner Wilkinson

1797 - 1875

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Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (5 October 1797 – 29 October 1875) was an English traveller, writer and pioneer egyptologist of the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Gardner Wilkinson has received more than 49,761 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Gardner Wilkinson is the 439th most popular explorer (down from 362nd in 2019), the 4,164th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,275th in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 46.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Gardner Wilkinson ranks 439 out of 498. Before him are Dirk Hartog, Henry Kellett, Tim Severin, Mikhail Somov, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, and Aeneas Mackintosh. After him are Herbert Ponting, Karl Mauch, Louis Hennepin, Artur Chilingarov, Matthew Henson, and Ernest Henry Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, John Gardner Wilkinson ranks 78. Before him are Jan Jacob Rochussen, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, Joseph Othmar Rauscher, Peter Georg Bang, Joseph von Radowitz, and Francisco Javier Echeverría. After him are Bakht Khan, and Hamilton Hume. Among people deceased in 1875, John Gardner Wilkinson ranks 75. Before him are Heinrich Ewald, Zecharias Frankel, George Finlay, Aristeidis Moraitinis, Maria Röhl, and Henry Kellett. After him are Karl Mauch, Julián Castro, Atis Kronvalds, Ivan Kuratov, William Sterndale Bennett, and Zsigmond Kemény.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Gardner Wilkinson ranks 4,164 out of 8,785. Before him are Emilia Lanier (1569), Frank Dillane (1991), Maurice Greene (1696), Steve Hillage (1951), Patrick Moore (1923), and Skin (1967). After him are John Foxx (1948), Herbert Ponting (1870), Myra Hess (1890), Gavin Harrison (1963), Elizabeth Montagu (1718), and Isaac Pitman (1813).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Gardner Wilkinson ranks 59. Before him are Alfred Maudslay (1850), George Nares (1831), Luke Foxe (1586), Edward John Eyre (1815), George Back (1796), and Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764). After him are Herbert Ponting (1870), Ernest Henry Wilson (1876), Frank Wild (1873), John Moresby (1830), Edgar Evans (1876), and John Rae (1813).

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