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Simon Fraser

1776 - 1862

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Simon Fraser (20 May 1776 – 18 August 1862) was a Canadian explorer and fur trader who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. He also built the first European settlement in British Columbia. Employed by the Montreal-based North West Company, he had been by 1805 put in charge of all of the company's operations west of the Rocky Mountains. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Fraser has received more than 45,304 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Fraser is the 174th most popular explorer, the 2,382nd most popular biography from United States and the 9th most popular American Explorer.

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  • 45k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Simon Fraser ranks 174 out of 498. Before him are James Bruce, Lancelotto Malocello, Henri Mouhot, Paulo da Gama, Gaspar Corte-Real, and António de Abreu. After him are John Sutter, Anthony van Diemen, Jacob van Heemskerck, John Rolfe, Hendrik Brouwer, and Gerónimo de Aguilar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Simon Fraser ranks 17. Before him are Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Pehr Henrik Ling, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, and Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este. After him are Peter Barlow, Vasily Tropinin, Jean Lafitte, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Lady Hester Stanhope, and Vasily Golovnin. Among people deceased in 1862, Simon Fraser ranks 19. Before him are Elizabeth Siddal, Henry Thomas Buckle, Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Carlos Antonio López, and Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. After him are Jeanne Duval, Ludwig Uhland, Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, Peter Barlow, Johann Nestroy, and Carl Ludwig Blume.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Simon Fraser ranks 2,382 out of 20,380. Before him are Betty Robinson (1911), Andy Williams (1927), A. L. Kroeber (1876), Mos Def (1973), J. Allen Hynek (1910), and Blythe Danner (1943). After him are Perry Como (1912), Richard Kuklinski (1935), Dee Dee Ramone (1951), Carmine Coppola (1910), George Hamilton (1939), and Chuck Palahniuk (1962).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Simon Fraser ranks 9. Before him are Hugh Glass (1783), Calamity Jane (1852), Michael Rockefeller (1938), Sacagawea (1780), Frederick Cook (1865), and Don Walsh (1931). After him are Jimmie Angel (1899), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), George W. De Long (1844), Daniel Boone (1734), Jedediah Smith (1799), and Jim Bridger (1804).

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