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Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet

1764 - 1848

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Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1764 – 23 November 1848) was an English geographer, linguist, writer and civil servant best known for serving as the Second Secretary to the Admiralty from 1804 until 1845. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet has received more than 164,918 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet is the 437th most popular explorer (down from 398th in 2019), the 4,124th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,728th in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 437 out of 498. Before him are Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Robert McClure, Dirk Hartog, Henry Kellett, Tim Severin, and Mikhail Somov. After him are Aeneas Mackintosh, John Gardner Wilkinson, Herbert Ponting, Karl Mauch, Louis Hennepin, and Artur Chilingarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 32. Before him are Josef Abel, Henriette Herz, Edward Livingston, John Mawe, William Pinkney, and Benjamin Henry Latrobe. After him are Carl Fredrik Fallén, Johann Wilhelm Meigen, and Mary Lamb. Among people deceased in 1848, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 58. Before him are George W. Campbell, Vasily Stasov, Felix Lichnowsky, Pedro Vélez, Heinrich Zschokke, and Avdotia Istomina. After him are Javier de Burgos, Isaac D'Israeli, and Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 4,124 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary Everest Boole (1832), Linus Roache (1964), Arthur Geoffrey Walker (1909), Kenneth McAlpine (1920), Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761), and Thomas Ravenscroft (1592). After him are Danny Welbeck (1990), Carol Thatcher (1953), John Clare (1793), Clarence Kingsbury (1882), Dan Houser (1974), and Richard Price (1723).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 58. Before him are Hugh Clapperton (1788), Alfred Maudslay (1850), George Nares (1831), Luke Foxe (1586), Edward John Eyre (1815), and George Back (1796). After him are John Gardner Wilkinson (1797), Herbert Ponting (1870), Ernest Henry Wilson (1876), Frank Wild (1873), John Moresby (1830), and Edgar Evans (1876).

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