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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 492,185 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Mark Sykes is the 147th most popular explorer (up from 200th in 2019), the 1,278th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,683rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Mark Sykes ranks 147 out of 498. Before him are Otto Sverdrup, Mikhail Lazarev, Sebastián de Belalcázar, Scylax of Caryanda, Cornelis de Houtman, and Emin Pasha. After him are Don Walsh, Martin Frobisher, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Pêro da Covilhã, Pedro Mascarenhas, and Rodrigo de Triana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Mark Sykes ranks 62. Before him are Hisaichi Terauchi, Alfred Korzybski, Nikolai Medtner, Margaret Sanger, Hans Hahn, and William Beveridge. After him are Vladko Maček, Aleksandar Tsankov, William Fox, Hovannes Adamian, Bernhard Schmidt, and Dwight F. Davis. Among people deceased in 1919, Mark Sykes ranks 50. Before him are Vasily Chapayev, Gustav Landauer, Peter Altenberg, Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, Leo Jogiches, and Adolf Hurwitz. After him are Henry J. Heinz, Friedrich Naumann, Hermann Weingärtner, Hugo Haase, Feng Guozhang, and Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mark Sykes ranks 1,278 out of 8,785. Before him are Scott Adkins (1976), John Hawkwood (1320), Walafrid Strabo (808), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), Alexander of Hales (1175), and David Byron (1947). After him are Shirley Bassey (1937), Thomas Gresham (1519), Edward Lear (1812), Mary Leakey (1913), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), and Barbara Cartland (1901).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Mark Sykes ranks 19. Before him are James Clark Ross (1800), Robert FitzRoy (1805), Mary Kingsley (1862), Thomas Cavendish (1560), George Vancouver (1757), and Isabella Bird (1831). After him are Martin Frobisher (1535), James Bruce (1730), John Rolfe (1585), William Parry (1790), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), and Matthew Flinders (1774).

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