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Tobias Furneaux

1735 - 1781

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Captain Tobias Furneaux (21 August 1735 – 18 September 1781) was a British navigator and Royal Navy officer, who accompanied James Cook on his second voyage of exploration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tobias Furneaux has received more than 89,557 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Tobias Furneaux is the 386th most popular explorer (down from 348th in 2019), the 3,646th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,183rd in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 90k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Tobias Furneaux ranks 386 out of 405. Before him are Jacques Labillardière, John Colter, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Gennady Nevelskoy, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, and Anthony de la Roché. After him are Boris Vilkitsky, Robert McClure, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Jacques Bernard Hombron, Ranulph Fiennes, and Theodor von Heuglin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Tobias Furneaux ranks 25. Before him are Paul Kray, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, Ivan Kulibin, Joseph Ducreux, and Ulrika Pasch. After him are Jesse Ramsden, John Carroll, and Button Gwinnett. Among people deceased in 1781, Tobias Furneaux ranks 16. Before him are Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, John Needham, Túpac Katari, Johannes Ewald, Giovanni Battista Beccaria, and Johann Anton Güldenstädt. After him is Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tobias Furneaux ranks 3,646 out of 7,765. Before him are Eric Thompson (1919), Nathaniel Parker (1962), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), Clive Bell (1881), Edward Carpenter (1844), and Major Ritchie (1870). After him are Craig Armstrong (1959), John Miles (1943), Duncan Jones (1971), Ralph Copeland (1837), Innes Ireland (1930), and Peter Firth (1953).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Tobias Furneaux ranks 54. Before him are George Bass (1771), Luke Foxe (1586), Alfred Maudslay (1850), John Marshall (1748), George Nares (1831), and Anthony de la Roché (1700). After him are Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), Vivian Fuchs (1908), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), and John Moresby (1830).

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