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Mary Kingsley

1862 - 1900

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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 298,360 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Mary Kingsley is the 99th most popular explorer (up from 111th in 2019), the 820th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 949th 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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  • 300k

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  • 60.74

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Mary Kingsley ranks 99 out of 405. Before her are Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Robert FitzRoy, Gonzalo Pizarro, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Willem Schouten, and Ferdinand Columbus. After her are Cosmas Indicopleustes, Frederick Cook, Pánfilo de Narváez, Bartholomew Columbus, Carsten Niebuhr, and Sacagawea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Mary Kingsley ranks 29. Before her are Emilio Salgari, Daniel Swarovski, Gustav Ritter von Kahr, Prince Henry of Prussia, Victor, Prince Napoléon, and Loie Fuller. After her are Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, Mori Ōgai, Edith Wharton, Siegbert Tarrasch, Aurel Stein, and Silvio Gesell. Among people deceased in 1900, Mary Kingsley ranks 18. Before her are Wilhelm Liebknecht, John Sherman, Nicolas Chauvin, Isaac Levitan, Stephen Crane, and Francis, Duke of Teck. After her are Emil Škoda, Osman Nuri Pasha, Armand David, Princess Josephine of Baden, José Maria de Eça de Queirós, and François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mary Kingsley ranks 820 out of 7,765. Before her are Brian Epstein (1934), Louise of Great Britain (1724), Jerome K. Jerome (1859), Rex Harrison (1908), Leonora Carrington (1917), and Philip Noel-Baker (1889). After her are Denis Thatcher (1915), Paul Grice (1913), Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (1508), Charlotte Cooper (1870), Malcolm III of Scotland (1031), and Mary Mallon (1869).

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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 Smith (1580), James Clark Ross (1800), John Davis (1550), William Dampier (1651), and Robert FitzRoy (1805). After her are Thomas Cavendish (1560), George Vancouver (1757), Isabella Bird (1831), Martin Frobisher (1535), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), and Samuel Wallis (1728).

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