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Luke Foxe

1586 - 1635

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Luke Foxe (or Fox) (20 October 1586 – c. 15 July 1635) was an English explorer, born in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, who searched for the Northwest Passage across North America. In 1631, he sailed much of the western Hudson Bay before concluding no such passage was possible. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luke Foxe has received more than 23,339 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Luke Foxe is the 428th most popular explorer (down from 371st in 2019), the 4,053rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,460th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 46.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Luke Foxe ranks 428 out of 498. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, John Colter, Charles John Andersson, Alfred Maudslay, George Nares, and Sverre Hassel. After him are Edward John Eyre, George Back, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Robert McClure, Dirk Hartog, and Henry Kellett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1586, Luke Foxe ranks 18. Before him are John Ford, Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard, Alessandro Grandi, Leo Allatius, Juan Gómez de Mora, and Georg Calixtus.  Among people deceased in 1635, Luke Foxe ranks 17. Before him are Friedrich Spee, Domenico Tintoretto, Alessandro Tassoni, Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen, John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Johann Faulhaber. After him is Thomas Ravenscroft.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Luke Foxe ranks 4,053 out of 8,785. Before him are Ewan MacColl (1915), Jonny Evans (1988), Jack Beresford (1899), Steve Coogan (1965), Mary Millar (1936), and Dennis Brain (1921). After him are Herbert Giles (1845), Rachel Portman (1960), Edward John Eyre (1815), Acker Bilk (1929), Bernard Cribbins (1928), and John Sykes (1959).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Luke Foxe ranks 55. Before him are Alexander Burnes (1805), Lachlan Macquarie (1762), Boyd Alexander (1873), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Alfred Maudslay (1850), and George Nares (1831). After him are Edward John Eyre (1815), George Back (1796), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), Herbert Ponting (1870), and Ernest Henry Wilson (1876).

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