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Mary Kingsley

1862 - 1900

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For the English novelist, see Mary St Leger Kingsley. Mary Henrietta Kingsley (13 October 1862 – 3 June 1900) was an English ethnographer, writer and explorer who made numerous travels through West Africa and wrote several books on her experiences there. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Kingsley has received more than 314,112 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Kingsley is the 105th most popular explorer (down from 98th in 2019), the 857th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 820th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Explorer.

Mary Kingsley was a British explorer and writer who traveled to Africa in the late 1800s. She is most famous for her book Travels in West Africa, which she wrote about her travels in Africa.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Mary Kingsley ranks 105 out of 498. Before her are Gonzalo Pizarro, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Bartholomew Columbus, Enrique of Malacca, Juan de la Cosa, and Michael Rockefeller. After her are Thomas Cavendish, João Gonçalves Zarco, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Semyon Dezhnev, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, and Fernão Mendes Pinto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Mary Kingsley ranks 32. Before her are Daniel Swarovski, Edith Wharton, Mori Ōgai, Loie Fuller, Siegbert Tarrasch, and Prince Henry of Prussia. After her are Henry McMahon, Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, Silvio Gesell, Maurice Barrès, Mary Anderson, and Vito Cascio Ferro. Among people deceased in 1900, Mary Kingsley ranks 20. Before her are Wilhelm Liebknecht, John Sherman, Emil Škoda, Nicolas Chauvin, Osman Nuri Pasha, and Frederic Edwin Church. After her are Isaac Levitan, Francis, Duke of Teck, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Birsa Munda, and Kuroda Kiyotaka.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Kingsley ranks 857 out of 8,785. Before her are Edward B. Titchener (1867), Ian Stewart (1938), Michael York (1942), Ray Milland (1907), Stephen Frears (1941), and Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861). After her are Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430), Thomas Cavendish (1560), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), George Canning (1770), Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), and James Gregory (1638).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Mary Kingsley ranks 15. Before her are Henry Hudson (1570), John Davis (1550), Richard Francis Burton (1821), William Dampier (1651), James Clark Ross (1800), and Robert FitzRoy (1805). After her are Thomas Cavendish (1560), George Vancouver (1757), Isabella Bird (1831), Mark Sykes (1879), Martin Frobisher (1535), and James Bruce (1730).

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