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Mark Sykes

1879 - 1919

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Colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet (16 March 1879 – 16 February 1919) was an English traveller, Conservative Party politician, and diplomatic advisor, particularly with regard to the Middle East at the time of the First World War. He is associated with the Sykes–Picot Agreement, drawn up while the war was in progress regarding the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire by the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire, and was a key negotiator of the Balfour Declaration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark Sykes has received more than 412,807 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Sykes is the 201st most popular explorer (up from 206th in 2019), the 1,688th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,771st in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Mark Sykes ranks 201 out of 405Before him are Hendrik Brouwer, James Bruce, Francisco de Montejo, John Rolfe, Helmer Hanssen, and Jedediah Smith. After him are Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Jacob van Heemskerck, Ohthere of Hålogaland, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, and Enrique of Malacca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Mark Sykes ranks 74Before him are Jacob Gade, Hans Hahn, Jane Darwell, Bernhard Schmidt, Alla Nazimova, and Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia. After him are Ernest Jones, Oskar Barnack, Hovannes Adamian, Eli Heckscher, René Pottier, and Aimo Cajander. Among people deceased in 1919, Mark Sykes ranks 66Before him are Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Daniel Peter, William Osler, Wilfrid Laurier, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, and Adelina Patti. After him are Hugo Haase, Louis Botha, Karl Brugmann, Itagaki Taisuke, Max Heindel, and Wilhelm Lehmbruck.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mark Sykes ranks 1,688 out of 7,765Before him are Elias Ashmole (1617), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Havelock Ellis (1859), Clive Burr (1957), Archibald Leitch (1865), and Alan Walker (1997). After him are John Collier (1850), George Green (1793), Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841), Irvine Welsh (1957), Ernest Jones (1879), and William Hamilton (1730).

Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Mark Sykes ranks 25Before him are Martin Frobisher (1535), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), Samuel Wallis (1728), Matthew Flinders (1774), James Bruce (1730), and John Rolfe (1585). After him are Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), Douglas Mawson (1882), John Byron (1723), Samuel Baker (1821), William Parry (1790), and Anthony Jenkinson (1529).