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Salomon August Andrée

1854 - 1897

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Salomon August Andrée (18 October 1854 – October 1897), during his lifetime most often known as S. A. Andrée, was a Swedish engineer, physicist, aeronaut and polar explorer who died while leading an attempt to reach the Geographic North Pole by hydrogen balloon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salomon August Andrée has received more than 187,889 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Salomon August Andrée is the 124th most popular explorer (down from 115th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 191st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Explorer.

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  • 58.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Salomon August Andrée ranks 124 out of 405. Before him are Andrés de Urdaneta, Afanasy Nikitin, Alvise Cadamosto, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, João da Nova, and Isabella Bird. After him are Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Himilco, João Vaz Corte-Real, Isabelle Eberhardt, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Salomon August Andrée ranks 24. Before him are Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Paul von Rennenkampf, Moritz Moszkowski, Albert Edelfelt, Prince Louis of Battenberg, and Charles Webster Leadbeater. After him are Georg Kerschensteiner, Alfredo Catalani, Léo Taxil, Hubert Lyautey, Alphonse Allais, and Yan Fu. Among people deceased in 1897, Salomon August Andrée ranks 17. Before him are Albert Marth, Jiroemon Kimura, Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Sebastian Kneipp, and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. After him are Andrés Bonifacio, Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Giuseppina Strepponi, and Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Salomon August Andrée ranks 208 out of 1,612. Before him are Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Stig Dagerman (1923), Carl Bildt (1949), Stig Anderson (1931), Yngwie Malmsteen (1963), and Maud Adams (1945). After him are Eric X of Sweden (1180), Anna Lindh (1957), Blot-Sweyn (1001), Sverker II of Sweden (1164), Elizabeth Stride (1843), and Jussi Björling (1911).

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Among EXPLORERS In Sweden

Among explorers born in Sweden, Salomon August Andrée ranks 2. Before him are Sven Hedin (1865). After him are Pehr Osbeck (1723), Oscar Dickson (1823), and Charles John Andersson (1827).

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