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Tom Crean

1877 - 1938

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Thomas Crean (Irish: Tomás Ó Cuirín; c. 16 February 1877 – 27 July 1938) was an Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer who was awarded the Albert Medal for Lifesaving (AM). Crean was a member of three major expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott's 1911–1913 Terra Nova Expedition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Crean has received more than 44,846 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Tom Crean is the 469th most popular explorer (down from 417th in 2019), the 306th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 256th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Irish Explorer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Tom Crean ranks 469 out of 498. Before him are Thomas Button, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Anthony de la Roché, Ranulph Fiennes, Henry Robertson Bowers, and Nain Singh. After him are Oscar Baumann, George Grey, Jan Carstenszoon, Hubert Wilkins, Tryggve Gran, and Adolphus Greely.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Tom Crean ranks 187. Before him are Thomas C. Hart, Oscar Grégoire, Šatrijos Ragana, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Laura Knight, and Ruurd Leegstra. After him are Albino Jara, George Cornet, Montagu Love, Edward Barrett, Adolf Möller, and Lloyd C. Douglas. Among people deceased in 1938, Tom Crean ranks 212. Before him are Walter Migula, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, James Scott, Jacob Opdahl, Jean-Guy Gautier, and Alma Gluck. After him are William Glackens, Oscar Apfel, Karl Malmström, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Pauline Frederick, and Thomas Dewing.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Tom Crean ranks 306 out of 549. Before him are Katie McGrath (1983), John McKenna (1855), George Brent (1904), Tom Kiely (1869), Colm Wilkinson (1944), and Milo O'Shea (1926). After him are Anne Buttimer (1938), Christy Moore (1945), Róisín Murphy (1973), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Frank Harris (1856), and Thomas Romney Robinson (1792).

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Among EXPLORERS In Ireland

Among explorers born in Ireland, Tom Crean ranks 8. Before him are Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), Edward Bransfield (1785), Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie (1815), Robert McClure (1807), Henry Kellett (1806), and Robert O'Hara Burke (1821).

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