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Tim Flannery

1956 - Today

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Timothy Fridtjof Flannery (born 28 January 1956) is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, author, science communicator, activist, and public scientist. He is especially known for his 1994 book The Future Eaters, on the natural history of Australasia, which was adapted for television in 2006, and his 2006 book The Weather Makers, about the effects of climate change in Australia. As a researcher, Flannery had roles at several universities and museums in Australia, specialising in fossil marsupials and mammal evolution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Flannery has received more than 418,000 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Tim Flannery is the 498th most popular explorer (down from 448th in 2019), the 647th most popular biography from Australia (down from 564th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Australian Explorer.

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  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 33.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Tim Flannery ranks 498 out of 498. Before him are Hamilton Hume, Thomas Mitchell, Ezra Meeker, Marek Kamiński, Sue Hendrickson, and Henry Worsley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Tim Flannery ranks 768. Before him are Fahmida Mirza, Kevin Burnham, Dianne Fromholtz, Gita Ramjee, Valerie Jarrett, and Phil Ford. After him are Danny Hillis, Sue Barker, Garry Birtles, Kevin Moran, Rajkumar Santoshi, and Lloyd Sherr.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Tim Flannery ranks 647 out of 1,143. Before him are Chris Vermeulen (1982), Justin Kurzel (1974), Robbie Kruse (1988), Mick Gordon (1985), David Michôd (1972), and Rachael Carpani (1980). After him are Joe Ingles (1987), Cleopatra Coleman (1987), Deborah Mailman (1972), Sam Michael (1971), Patrick Kisnorbo (1981), and Jordan Kerr (1979).

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Among EXPLORERS In Australia

Among explorers born in Australia, Tim Flannery ranks 5. Before him are Luís Vaz de Torres (1565), Hubert Wilkins (1888), John Forrest (1847), and Hamilton Hume (1797).

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