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Oscar Baumann

1864 - 1899

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Oscar Baumann (25 June 1864 in Vienna – 12 October 1899 in Vienna) was an Austrian explorer, cartographer and ethnographer. He attended classes on natural history and geography at the University of Vienna, and in 1885 was part of an Austrian exploratory expedition of the Congo Basin under the direction of Oskar Lenz. However, because of serious illness, Baumann would be forced to leave the expedition prior to its conclusion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Baumann has received more than 57,187 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Baumann is the 470th most popular explorer, the 1,032nd most popular biography from Austria and the 4th most popular Austrian Explorer.

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  • 57k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Oscar Baumann ranks 470 out of 498. Before him are Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Anthony de la Roché, Ranulph Fiennes, Henry Robertson Bowers, Nain Singh, and Tom Crean. After him are George Grey, Jan Carstenszoon, Hubert Wilkins, Tryggve Gran, Adolphus Greely, and Wiley Post.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Oscar Baumann ranks 172. Before him are Rukhmabai, Emine Semiye Önasya, Antonín Sova, W. H. R. Rivers, Frank Chapman, and Jakob Jakobsen. After him are George Nichols, Charles Marion Russell, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, James Mitchel, and Jessie Ralph. Among people deceased in 1899, Oscar Baumann ranks 84. Before him are Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg, Wendela Hebbe, Monier Monier-Williams, Édouard Pailleron, Serafino Dubois, and Henry Tate. After him are Elliott Coues, Kapiʻolani, and Henry Heth.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Oscar Baumann ranks 1,032 out of 1,424. Before him are Franz Bistricky (1914), Stefan Skoumal (1909), Friederich Franzl (1905), Franz Viehböck (1960), DJ Ötzi (1971), and Willy Puchner (1952). After him are Mady Christians (1892), Michael Spindelegger (1959), Grete Mostny (1914), Peter Stöger (1966), Johanna Dohnal (1939), and Peter Kern (1949).

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Among EXPLORERS In Austria

Among explorers born in Austria, Oscar Baumann ranks 4. Before him are László Almásy (1895), Friedrich Welwitsch (1806), and Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (1759).

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