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Oscar Dickson

1823 - 1897

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Baron Oscar Dickson, or Oskar Dickson (2 December 1823 – 6 June 1897) was a Swedish magnate, bulk merchant, industrialist and philanthropist from a family of Scottish origin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Dickson has received more than 16,136 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Dickson is the 348th most popular explorer (down from 337th in 2019), the 607th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 575th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Explorer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

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  • 1.74

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Oscar Dickson ranks 348 out of 498. Before him are Knut Haugland, Albert von Le Coq, Piet Retief, Olav Bjaaland, John Byron, and Gonçalo Velho Cabral. After him are Édouard-Alfred Martel, Domingo Martínez de Irala, Pascual de Andagoya, Juan Fernández, Florence Baker, and Irina Solovyova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Oscar Dickson ranks 56. Before him are Count Richard Belcredi, Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Friedrich von Esmarch, Mary Surratt, Ahmed Vefik Pasha, and Lascăr Catargiu. After him are Heymann Steinthal, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Emilio Arrieta, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, and John Evans. Among people deceased in 1897, Oscar Dickson ranks 58. Before him are Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan, Heinrich von Stephan, Aleko Konstantinov, Robert Themptander, Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau, and Carl Remigius Fresenius. After him are Alvan Graham Clark, Mutsu Munemitsu, Gotō Shōjirō, James Legge, Japetus Steenstrup, and Adam Asnyk.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Oscar Dickson ranks 607 out of 1,879. Before him are Ludvig Norman (1831), Robert Themptander (1844), Harald Edelstam (1913), Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718), Bo Svenson (1941), and Kikki Danielsson (1952). After him are Gustaf Åkerhielm (1833), Carl Swartz (1858), Waloddi Weibull (1887), Gösta Dunker (1905), Ragnar Gustavsson (1907), and Anna Palm de Rosa (1859).

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Among EXPLORERS In Sweden

Among explorers born in Sweden, Oscar Dickson ranks 4. Before him are Sven Hedin (1865), Salomon August Andrée (1854), and Pehr Osbeck (1723). After him are Charles John Andersson (1827).

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