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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 146,562 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet is the 399th most popular explorer (down from 366th in 2019), the 3,736th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,640th in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 399 out of 405. Before him are Hugh Clapperton, Henry Robertson Bowers, Johannes Rebmann, Vivian Fuchs, François Levaillant, and Tim Severin. After him are Robert O'Hara Burke, Carl Koldewey, John Moresby, Herbert Ponting, Tryggve Gran, and Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 27. Before him are Marie-Joseph Chénier, Andrés Manuel del Río, Valentino Fioravanti, Josef Abel, Edward Livingston, and John Mawe. After him are Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Carl Fredrik Fallén, William Pinkney, and Mary Lamb. Among people deceased in 1848, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 55. Before him are Georg August Goldfuss, Steen Steensen Blicher, Gabriel Bibron, Vasily Stasov, George W. Campbell, and Pedro Vélez. After him are Javier de Burgos, Avdotia Istomina, and Isaac D'Israeli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 3,736 out of 7,765. Before him are Sebastian Cabot (1918), Joe Alwyn (1991), David Allan (1744), Saint Mungo (518), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), and Peter Murphy (1957). After him are Roy Wood (1946), Eric A. Havelock (1903), Jamie Carragher (1978), Justin Fashanu (1961), Anne Treisman (1935), and John Braine (1922).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 59. Before him are Anthony de la Roché (1700), Tobias Furneaux (1735), Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), and Vivian Fuchs (1908). After him are John Moresby (1830), Herbert Ponting (1870), George Back (1796), Boyd Alexander (1873), Lachlan Macquarie (1762), and Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886).

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