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Vivian Fuchs

1908 - 1999

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Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs ( FUUKS; 11 February 1908 – 11 November 1999) was an English scientist-explorer and expedition organizer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vivian Fuchs has received more than 149,878 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Vivian Fuchs is the 393rd most popular explorer (up from 395th in 2019), the 3,439th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,709th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Vivian Fuchs by language

Over the past year Vivian Fuchs has had the most page views in the with 15,752 views, followed by German (4,176), and Russian (1,515). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (163.37%), Basque (100.91%), and Bosnian (80.29%)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Vivian Fuchs ranks 393 out of 498. Before him are Teoberto Maler, Sámuel Teleki, Étienne Brûlé, Androsthenes of Thasos, Pyotr Anjou, and Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard. After him are Frederick William Beechey, John McDouall Stuart, Frans Blom, Karl Maximovich, Jacques Labillardière, and Yakov Sannikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Vivian Fuchs ranks 270. Before him are Kenji Miyamoto, Arturo de Córdova, Louis Daquin, Jean-Pierre Wimille, Gotthard Handrick, and Louis Versyp. After him are Franco Rol, Buddy Ebsen, Rostislav Plyatt, Jill Esmond, Simonne Mathieu, and Hans Werner Richter. Among people deceased in 1999, Vivian Fuchs ranks 192. Before him are Einar Englund, Heinrich Schmid, Rick Danko, Regina Ghazaryan, Peter Seeberg, and Shel Silverstein. After him are John Berry, Rory Calhoun, Yury Malyshev, Ernest Gold, Kirk Alyn, and Abraham Polonsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Vivian Fuchs ranks 3,439 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Molyneux (1959), Val McDermid (1955), Samantha Bond (1961), Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628), David Lloyd (1950), and John Alcott (1930). After him are Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Billy McNeill (1940), and John Byng (1704).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Vivian Fuchs ranks 44. Before him are John Biscoe (1794), John Byron (1723), Samuel Baker (1821), George Bass (1771), Clements Markham (1830), and John Marshall (1748). After him are Frederick William Beechey (1796), John McDouall Stuart (1815), Christopher Middleton (1690), Tobias Furneaux (1735), Alexander Burnes (1805), and Lachlan Macquarie (1762).

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