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Robert O'Hara Burke

1821 - 1861

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Robert O'Hara Burke (6 May 1821 – c. 28 June 1861) was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert O'Hara Burke has received more than 168,869 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert O'Hara Burke is the 400th most popular explorer (down from 362nd in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 211th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Irish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Robert O'Hara Burke ranks 400 out of 405Before him are Henry Robertson Bowers, Johannes Rebmann, Vivian Fuchs, François Levaillant, Tim Severin, and Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet. After him are Carl Koldewey, John Moresby, Herbert Ponting, Tryggve Gran, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, and George Back.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Robert O'Hara Burke ranks 82Before him are Michel Carré, Jane Wilde, Karl Knies, Joseph Noel Paton, Jan van Beers, and Juan Bautista Topete. After him are Amalie Dietrich, Charles Tupper, Daniel Harvey Hill, Richard H. Anderson, and Robert S. Duncanson. Among people deceased in 1861, Robert O'Hara Burke ranks 52Before him are Peter Georg Bang, Gabriel Antonio Pereira, Louis Vicat, José María Obando, Frédéric de Lafresnaye, and Johann Andreas Wagner. After him are Manuel Antônio de Almeida, Eliphalet Remington, and Nathaniel Lyon.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Robert O'Hara Burke ranks 225 out of 501Before him are John Philip Holland (1840), Lena Rice (1866), Michael Scott (1959), Luke Kelly (1940), William McGonagall (1825), and William Henry Harvey (1811). After him are Eoin Colfer (1965), J. B. Bury (1861), Patrick Ryan (1881), Steve Barron (1956), Agnes Mary Clerke (1842), and Wolfe Tone (1763).

Among EXPLORERS In Ireland

Among explorers born in Ireland, Robert O'Hara Burke ranks 6Before him are Ernest Shackleton (1874), Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), Edward Bransfield (1785), Henry Kellett (1806), and Robert McClure (1807). After him are Tom Crean (1877).