EXPLORER

Karl Maximovich

1827 - 1891

Photo of Karl Maximovich

Icon of person Karl Maximovich

Carl Johann Maximovich, also Karl Ivanovich Maximovich (Russian: Карл Иванович Максимович; 23 November 1827 – 16 February 1891) was a Russian botanist. Maximovich spent most of his life studying the flora of the countries he had visited in the Far East, and naming many new species. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Maximovich has received more than 25,584 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Maximovich is the 397th most popular explorer (down from 304th in 2019), the 1,782nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,293rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Russian Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 26k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Karl Maximovich ranks 397 out of 498Before him are Pyotr Anjou, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, Vivian Fuchs, Frederick William Beechey, John McDouall Stuart, and Frans Blom. After him are Jacques Labillardière, Yakov Sannikov, Finn Ronne, Christopher Middleton, Edward Belcher, and Frederick Russell Burnham.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Karl Maximovich ranks 54Before him are Petko Slaveykov, Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, Lydia Becker, William Dwight Whitney, and Ramón Emeterio Betances. After him are Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, Lev Lagorio, Charles John Andersson, Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Quintino Sella, and José Manuel Marroquín. Among people deceased in 1891, Karl Maximovich ranks 89Before him are Staka Skenderova, August von Pelzeln, Joseph Roumanille, Sarah Childress Polk, Domenico Agostini, and Joseph Leidy. After him are Emma Abbott, George Washington Williams, Giovanni Caselli, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Henry Litolff, and Anton Heinrich Springer.

Others Born in 1827

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1891

Go to all Rankings

In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Karl Maximovich ranks 1,782 out of 3,761Before him are Anatoly Alyabyev (1951), Sergei Sukhoruchenkov (1956), Paul von Plehwe (1850), Valentin Bubukin (1933), Valeri Popenchenko (1937), and Stanislav Rostotsky (1922). After him are Tatyana Vasilyeva (1947), Anatoliy Serdyukov (1962), Mikhail Lavrentyev (1900), Yury Malyshev (1941), Nikolay Kasatkin (1859), and Yekaterina Vasilyeva (1945).

Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Karl Maximovich ranks 24Before him are Irina Solovyova (1937), Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711), Khariton Laptev (1700), Pyotr Chikhachyov (1808), Alexander Fersman (1883), and Pyotr Anjou (1796). After him are Yakov Sannikov (1780), Boris Vilkitsky (1885), Gennady Nevelskoy (1813), Valerian Albanov (1881), Mikhail Somov (1908), and Artur Chilingarov (1939).