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John Moresby

1830 - 1922

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Rear Admiral John Moresby (15 March 1830 – 12 July 1922) was a British naval officer who explored the coast of New Guinea and was the first European to discover the site of Port Moresby. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Moresby has received more than 54,039 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Moresby is the 402nd most popular explorer (down from 379th in 2019), the 3,773rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,942nd in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 54k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Moresby ranks 402 out of 405. Before him are Vivian Fuchs, François Levaillant, Tim Severin, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Robert O'Hara Burke, and Carl Koldewey. After him are Herbert Ponting, Tryggve Gran, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, George Back, Lars Christensen, and Gombojab Tsybikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, John Moresby ranks 61. Before him are Charles Wyville Thomson, Peter Arnold Heise, Karolina Světlá, Henry Bird, Viktor Madarász, and Daniel Oliver. After him are James G. Blaine, Oliver Otis Howard, Abraham Jacobi, Henry Flagler, Lina Morgenstern, and Emily Davies. Among people deceased in 1922, John Moresby ranks 104. Before him are Vilma Hugonnai, Lev Chugaev, Take Ionescu, František Ondříček, Serapio Calderón, and Gaston Bonnier. After him are Josef Václav Myslbek, Anna Missuna, August Palm, William Desmond Taylor, Jørgen Løvland, and A. V. Dicey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Moresby ranks 3,773 out of 7,765. Before him are Nigel Marven (1960), Nat Lofthouse (1925), Edward Rutherfurd (1948), Peter Withe (1951), Howard Hodgkin (1932), and George Graham (1673). After him are William Henry Smyth (1788), David Pegg (1935), Burt Kwouk (1930), Thomas Tomkins (1572), Margaret Mee (1909), and Geoffrey de Havilland (1882).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Moresby ranks 60. Before him are Tobias Furneaux (1735), Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), Vivian Fuchs (1908), and Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764). After him are Herbert Ponting (1870), George Back (1796), Boyd Alexander (1873), Lachlan Macquarie (1762), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), and John Rae (1813).

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