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Richard Chancellor

1521 - 1556

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Richard Chancellor (c. 1521 – 10 November 1556) was an English explorer and navigator; the first to penetrate to the White Sea and establish relations with the Tsardom of Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Chancellor has received more than 224,465 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Richard Chancellor is the 278th most popular explorer (down from 266th in 2019), the 2,228th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,256th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Explorer.

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  • 220k

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  • 52.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Richard Chancellor ranks 278 out of 498. Before him are Humphrey Gilbert, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Georg August Wallin, Karl Weyprecht, Nikolai Spathari, and João da Nova. After him are João Fernandes Lavrador, Annie Londonderry, Adolf Lüderitz, Charles Wilkes, Ada Blackjack, and Wilfred Thesiger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1521, Richard Chancellor ranks 9. Before him are Peter Canisius, Christina of Denmark, Maurice, Elector of Saxony, Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu, Andrew Avellino, and Xu Wei. After him are Philippe de Monte, Antoine Caron, Thomas Wyatt the Younger, and Francesco Laparelli. Among people deceased in 1556, Richard Chancellor ranks 12. Before him are Thomas Cranmer, Martin Agricola, Frederick II, Elector Palatine, Maximus the Greek, Saitō Dōsan, and Tullia d'Aragona. After him are Luigi Alamanni, Francesco Venier, Luca Ghini, Hemu, Giovanni della Casa, and Domingo Martínez de Irala.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Chancellor ranks 2,228 out of 8,785. Before him are Frank Bridge (1879), Richard Wilson (1714), Joseph Fiennes (1970), Mark Williams (1959), William Robert Grove (1811), and Rufus Sewell (1967). After him are Gerry Adams (1948), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Dionysios Kasdaglis (1872), Michelle Fairley (1964), Bridget Riley (1931), and George S. Robertson (1872).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Richard Chancellor ranks 32. Before him are Samuel Wallis (1728), John Ross (1777), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), William Smith (1790), Anthony Jenkinson (1529), and Humphrey Gilbert (1539). After him are Douglas Mawson (1882), Edward Wilson (1872), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Francis Crozier (1796), and John Biscoe (1794).

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