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Meriwether Lewis

1774 - 1809

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Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark. Their mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase, establish trade with, and sovereignty over the natives near the Missouri River, and claim the Pacific Northwest and Oregon Country for the United States before European nations. They also collected scientific data, and information on indigenous nations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meriwether Lewis has received more than 2,764,211 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Meriwether Lewis is the 295th most popular explorer (down from 243rd in 2019), the 4,434th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,499th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Explorer.

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  • 34

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  • 2.05

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  • 4.92

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Meriwether Lewis ranks 295 out of 405. Before him are Peter Freuchen, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Alexander Gordon Laing, Gonçalo Velho Cabral, and Bertrand Piccard. After him are Pierre Poivre, Albert von Le Coq, Knut Haugland, Thekla Resvoll, Theodor Kotschy, and Sverre Hassel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Meriwether Lewis ranks 25. Before him are Robert Southey, Pierre Rode, Karl Mollweide, Václav Tomášek, Daniel D. Tompkins, and Marie-Denise Villers. After him are Johnny Appleseed, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Homburg, Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Edward Charles Howard, Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Elizabeth Ann Seton. Among people deceased in 1809, Meriwether Lewis ranks 21. Before him are William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Ueda Akinari, Archduke Karl of Austria-Este, Ludwig von Cobenzl, Augustin Pajou, and Anton Stamitz. After him are John Moore, Ignacy Potocki, Vasily Chichagov, Nicolas Dalayrac, and Andrew Planche.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Meriwether Lewis ranks 4,434 out of 18,182. Before him are Nick Cassavetes (1959), Chris Hardwick (1971), Ron Rivest (1947), Victor Wong (1927), Michael Cristofer (1945), and Mehmet Oz (1960). After him are John R. Commons (1862), Robert Mueller (1944), Elizabeth Monroe (1768), Alexis Bledel (1981), David Robinson (1965), and Rocky Graziano (1919).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Meriwether Lewis ranks 19. Before him are Daniel Boone (1734), Jedediah Smith (1799), Chris McCandless (1968), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), William Clark (1770), and Edward S. Curtis (1868). After him are John C. Frémont (1813), Charles Wilkes (1798), Charles Francis Hall (1821), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), Benjamin Morrell (1795), and John Wesley Powell (1834).

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