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Tim Severin

1940 - 2020

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Timothy Severin (25 September 1940 – 18 December 2020) was a British explorer, historian, and writer. Severin was noted for his work in retracing the legendary journeys of historical figures. Severin was awarded both the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society and the Livingstone Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Severin has received more than 230,791 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Tim Severin is the 435th most popular explorer (down from 397th in 2019), the 693rd most popular biography from India (down from 558th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Explorer.

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  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Tim Severin ranks 435 out of 498. Before him are Edward John Eyre, George Back, Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Robert McClure, Dirk Hartog, and Henry Kellett. After him are Mikhail Somov, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Aeneas Mackintosh, John Gardner Wilkinson, Herbert Ponting, and Karl Mauch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Tim Severin ranks 446. Before him are Donald Wuerl, Jerzy Kulej, Ernő Solymosi, Leonid Osyka, Homa Darabi, and Zoran Janković. After him are Wolfgang Clement, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Friedel Rausch, Judy Amoore, Michael Herr, and Jürgen Kurbjuhn. Among people deceased in 2020, Tim Severin ranks 496. Before him are K. C. Jones, Yehoshua Kenaz, José Luis Capón, Tatyana Prorochenko, Efraín Sánchez, and Richard Herd. After him are Vladimír Zábrodský, Yasumasa Kanada, Charles Moore, Nathan Zach, Spencer Davis, and Sergei Slonimsky.

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In India

Among people born in India, Tim Severin ranks 693 out of 1,861. Before him are Choudhry Rahmat Ali (1895), Chiranjeevi (1955), Trilok Gurtu (1951), Reema Lagoo (1958), Juhi Chawla (1967), and Alka Yagnik (1966). After him are Shatrughan Sinha (1945), Parveen Babi (1949), I. I. Chundrigar (1897), Rakhee Gulzar (1947), Vijay Amritraj (1953), and Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928).

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Among EXPLORERS In India

Among explorers born in India, Tim Severin ranks 2. Before him are Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1858). After him are Charles Sturt (1795), and Nain Singh (1830).

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