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Samuel Hearne

1745 - 1792

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Samuel Hearne (February 1745 – November 1792) was an English explorer, fur-trader, author and naturalist. He was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean, specifically to Coronation Gulf, via the Coppermine River. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Hearne has received more than 199,386 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Samuel Hearne is the 478th most popular explorer (down from 432nd in 2019), the 5,413th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,772nd in 2019) and the 74th most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Samuel Hearne ranks 478 out of 498. Before him are Jan Carstenszoon, Hubert Wilkins, Tryggve Gran, Adolphus Greely, Wiley Post, and Elisha Kent Kane. After him are David Thompson, Sarat Chandra Das, Allan Cunningham, Erling Kagge, Harry Johnston, and William Lashly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Samuel Hearne ranks 53. Before him are John Jeffries, Sydney Parkinson, Madhavrao I, Anthony Wayne, William Paterson, and Richard Bassett. After him is Caleb Strong. Among people deceased in 1792, Samuel Hearne ranks 38. Before him are Charles Simon Favart, George Browne, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Frederick North, Lord North, Davit Guramishvili, and Paul Möhring.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Hearne ranks 5,413 out of 8,785. Before him are Leslie Marr (1922), Tebbs Lloyd Johnson (1900), Eve Best (1971), Lysette Anthony (1963), Anna Chancellor (1965), and Alan Geldard (1927). After him are Roland Young (1887), Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880), Muriel Pavlow (1921), Andrea Arnold (1961), Redvers Buller (1839), and Alistair Darling (1953).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Hearne ranks 74. Before him are Henry Seebohm (1832), Thomas Button (1575), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), Anthony de la Roché (1700), Ranulph Fiennes (1944), and Henry Robertson Bowers (1883). After him are David Thompson (1770), Allan Cunningham (1791), Harry Johnston (1858), William Lashly (1867), John Oxley (1785), and Bartholomew Gosnold (1572).

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