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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 142,271 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert McClure is the 388th most popular explorer (down from 324th in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 172nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Robert McClure ranks 388 out of 405. Before him are Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Gennady Nevelskoy, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Anthony de la Roché, Tobias Furneaux, and Boris Vilkitsky. After him are Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Ranulph Fiennes, Theodor von Heuglin, Hugh Clapperton, and Henry Robertson Bowers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Robert McClure ranks 42. Before him are Ye Mingchen, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Joseph Decaisne, Luigi Palmieri, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, and David Rice Atchison. After him are Jules Verreaux, Bernhard Horwitz, Emily Donelson, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Wilford Woodruff, and Arnold Henry Guyot. Among people deceased in 1873, Robert McClure ranks 62. Before him are Odilon Barrot, Alexei Fedchenko, Edward Blyth, Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella, Matthew Fontaine Maury, and Per Georg Scheutz. After him are Jules Verreaux, Johann Jakob Kaup, Gustav Rose, Stephen Mallory, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, and Charles Allston Collins.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Robert McClure ranks 218 out of 501. Before him are Maria Doyle Kennedy (1964), Barney McKenna (1939), Larry Mullen Jr. (1961), Caitriona Balfe (1979), Joe Kelly (1913), and Kathleen Antonelli (1921). After him are John Philip Holland (1840), Lena Rice (1866), Michael Scott (1959), Luke Kelly (1940), William McGonagall (1825), and William Henry Harvey (1811).

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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 Henry Kellett (1806). After him are Robert O'Hara Burke (1821) and Tom Crean (1877).

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