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Verney Lovett Cameron

1844 - 1894

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Verney Lovett Cameron (1 July 1844 – 24 March 1894) was an English traveller in Central Africa and the first European to cross (1875) equatorial Africa from sea to sea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Verney Lovett Cameron has received more than 32,705 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Verney Lovett Cameron is the 37th most popular mountaineer (down from 34th in 2019), the 3,321st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,111th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Mountaineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 33k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Verney Lovett Camerons by language

Over the past year Verney Lovett Cameron has had the most page views in the with 4,499 views, followed by French (1,627), and Russian (1,335). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (46.12%), Swedish (32.28%), and Basque (28.71%)

Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Verney Lovett Cameron ranks 37 out of 56. Before him are Riccardo Cassin, Rob Hall, Ardito Desio, Ueli Steck, Vittorio Sella, and Yevgeniy Abalakov. After him are Simone Moro, Denis Urubko, Bachendri Pal, Apa Sherpa, Oh Eun-sun, and Edurne Pasaban.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Verney Lovett Cameron ranks 89. Before him are Gerard Manley Hopkins, Vladan Đorđević, Ludwig von Falkenhausen, Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman, Lewis Powell, and Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn. After him are Georgios Theotokis, Dankmar Adler, Leonid Sobolev, Ahmet Mithat, Marie Spartali Stillman, and Émile Oustalet. Among people deceased in 1894, Verney Lovett Cameron ranks 67. Before him are Caterina Volpicelli, Hilarión Daza, Illarion Pryanishnikov, Emilio Arrieta, Karl von Blaas, and Baron Karl von Hasenauer. After him are Brian Houghton Hodgson, William Dwight Whitney, Edmond Frémy, Boston Corbett, Joseph Schröter, and Adolf Friedrich von Schack.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Verney Lovett Cameron ranks 3,321 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian McNeice (1950), Catherine Bell (1968), W. S. Gilbert (1836), Clive Russell (1945), William Hallowes Miller (1801), and Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757). After him are Anne Hutchinson (1591), Henry Macintosh (1892), Catherine of York (1479), Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), Eric Sykes (1923), and John Negroponte (1939).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In United Kingdom

Among mountaineers born in United Kingdom, Verney Lovett Cameron ranks 6. Before him are George Mallory (1886), Edward Whymper (1840), John Muir (1838), Albert F. Mummery (1855), and Andrew Irvine (1902). After him are Alison Hargreaves (1962).

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