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Robert McClure

1807 - 1873

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Vice-Admiral Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure (28 January 1807 – 17 October 1873) was an Irish explorer who explored the Arctic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert McClure has received more than 163,099 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Robert McClure is the 432nd most popular explorer (down from 387th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 217th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Robert McClure ranks 432 out of 498. Before him are George Nares, Sverre Hassel, Luke Foxe, Edward John Eyre, George Back, and Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón. After him are Dirk Hartog, Henry Kellett, Tim Severin, Mikhail Somov, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, and Aeneas Mackintosh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Robert McClure ranks 47. Before him are Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Franz Xaver Fieber, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Jules Verreaux, Bernhard Horwitz, and Wilford Woodruff. After him are Emily Donelson, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Ira Aldridge, John Greenleaf Whittier, Charles Francis Adams Sr., and Pieter Willem Korthals. Among people deceased in 1873, Robert McClure ranks 70. Before him are Matthew Fontaine Maury, Fyodor Vasilyev, Alexei Fedchenko, Jules Verreaux, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, and Gustav Rose. After him are John Torrey, Stephen Mallory, Per Georg Scheutz, George-Étienne Cartier, Charles Allston Collins, and Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Robert McClure ranks 239 out of 549. Before him are Garret FitzGerald (1926), Mabel Cahill (1863), Edward Donovan (1768), Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Wolfe Tone (1763), and Stuart Townsend (1972). After him are Domhnall Gleeson (1983), Charles Haughey (1925), John Connolly (1968), Henry Kellett (1806), Patrick O'Connell (1887), and Martin Sheridan (1881).

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Among EXPLORERS In Ireland

Among explorers born in Ireland, Robert McClure ranks 5. Before him are Ernest Shackleton (1874), Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), Edward Bransfield (1785), and Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie (1815). After him are Henry Kellett (1806), Robert O'Hara Burke (1821), and Tom Crean (1877).

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