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William Lashly

1867 - 1940

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William Lashly (25 December 1867 – 12 June 1940) was a Royal Navy seaman who served as lead stoker on both the Discovery expedition and the Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica, for which he was awarded the Polar Medal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Lashly has received more than 74,904 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). William Lashly is the 484th most popular explorer (down from 426th in 2019), the 5,699th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,498th in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

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  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, William Lashly ranks 484 out of 498. Before him are Samuel Hearne, David Thompson, Sarat Chandra Das, Allan Cunningham, Erling Kagge, and Harry Johnston. After him are John Oxley, Bartholomew Gosnold, James Wordie, John Forrest, Ellen MacArthur, and Ann Bancroft.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, William Lashly ranks 153. Before him are Florence Fuller, A. E. Douglass, Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, Hobart Bosworth, Anders Peter Nielsen, and Arthur Streeton. After him are Alec B. Francis, Annie Montague Alexander, Gisela Januszewska, William Dod, Eoin MacNeill, and Patrick Joseph Hayes. Among people deceased in 1940, William Lashly ranks 197. Before him are Mrs Patrick Campbell, George Lansbury, Gregorio Aglipay, Walter Connolly, Mary Anderson, and Michael Joseph Savage. After him are Maude Abbott, Rudolf Thurneysen, Frederick Merriman, George B. Cortelyou, Jay O'Brien, and Lily Williams.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Lashly ranks 5,699 out of 8,785. Before him are Tim Renwick (1949), Kathleen Byron (1921), Carole Ann Ford (1940), Thomas Dolby (1958), Brett Anderson (1967), and David Seidler (1937). After him are Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (1997), Suella Braverman (1980), John Waite (1952), Thomas Hill (1829), John Suckling (1609), and Harry Hay (1912).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, William Lashly ranks 78. Before him are Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), Samuel Hearne (1745), David Thompson (1770), Allan Cunningham (1791), and Harry Johnston (1858). After him are John Oxley (1785), Bartholomew Gosnold (1572), James Wordie (1889), Ellen MacArthur (1976), Thomas Mitchell (1792), and Henry Worsley (1960).

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