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Matthew Henson

1866 - 1955

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Matthew Alexander Henson (August 8, 1866 – March 9, 1955) was an African American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary on seven voyages to the Arctic over a period of nearly 23 years. They spent a total of 18 years on expeditions together. He is best known for his participation in the 1908–1909 expedition that claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole on April 6, 1909. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthew Henson has received more than 1,356,976 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Matthew Henson is the 444th most popular explorer (down from 430th in 2019), the 8,223rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,390th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Explorer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Matthew Henson ranks 444 out of 498. Before him are Aeneas Mackintosh, John Gardner Wilkinson, Herbert Ponting, Karl Mauch, Louis Hennepin, and Artur Chilingarov. After him are Ernest Henry Wilson, Frank Wild, Gombojab Tsybikov, Johann Ludwig Krapf, John Moresby, and Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Matthew Henson ranks 141. Before him are Ndre Mjeda, Gustav Lindau, Abraham Flexner, Ernest Mangnall, Johan Vaaler, and Nina Bang. After him are Antonios Pepanos, Maud Gonne, Ole Østmo, Hiram Johnson, James Ewing, and David Samanez Ocampo. Among people deceased in 1955, Matthew Henson ranks 143. Before him are Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Constance Collier, José Antonio Remón Cantera, Edwin Barclay, James P. Johnson, and Giuseppe Domenichelli. After him are Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, Dimitrios Maximos, William C. deMille, Aleksei Dikiy, H. J. R. Murray, and André Rischmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Matthew Henson ranks 8,223 out of 20,380. Before him are Carl Johnson (1898), Gene Anthony Ray (1962), Frank Whaley (1963), Garrett Birkhoff (1911), Paul Fix (1901), and Reta Shaw (1912). After him are James Stafford (1932), Zachary Levi (1980), Lynn Bari (1913), Katherine Dunham (1909), Patton Oswalt (1969), and Rhys Chatham (1952).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Matthew Henson ranks 32. Before him are John C. Frémont (1813), John Wesley Powell (1834), George Kennan (1845), Benjamin Morrell (1795), Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), and John Colter (1774). After him are Isaac Israel Hayes (1832), Adolphus Greely (1844), Wiley Post (1898), Elisha Kent Kane (1820), Ann Bancroft (1955), and Ezra Meeker (1830).

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