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William Parry

1790 - 1855

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Sir William Edward Parry (19 December 1790 – 8 July 1855) was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his 1819–1820 expedition through the Parry Channel, probably the most successful in the long quest for the Northwest Passage, until it was finally negotiated by Roald Amundsen in 1906. In 1827, Parry attempted one of the earliest expeditions to the North Pole. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Parry has received more than 10,575 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). William Parry is the 183rd most popular explorer (up from 247th in 2019), the 1,517th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,077th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, William Parry ranks 183 out of 498. Before him are Jacob van Heemskerck, John Rolfe, Hendrik Brouwer, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, and Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. After him are Fernão do Pó, René Caillié, Sophie Blanchard, Nikolai Rezanov, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, and Aleksandra Potanina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, William Parry ranks 19. Before him are Robert Stirling, Marquis de Custine, Adolph Diesterweg, Gideon Mantell, Markos Botsaris, and José Antonio Páez. After him are Leopold, Prince of Salerno, Keisai Eisen, John Cockerill, Karol Lipiński, William Smith, and Manuel Blanco Encalada. Among people deceased in 1855, William Parry ranks 22. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Antonio Rosmini, Diponegoro, François Magendie, Jacques Charles François Sturm, and Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa. After him are August Leopold Crelle, Mariano Arista, Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, and Konstantin Batyushkov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Parry ranks 1,517 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Sidgwick (1838), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), Catherine Eddowes (1842), Francis Darwin (1848), and Eddie Redmayne (1982). After him are Henry Gray (1827), Robert Powell (1944), Oswald of Northumbria (604), Rosamund Pike (1979), Trevor Horn (1949), and William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, William Parry ranks 23. Before him are George Vancouver (1757), Isabella Bird (1831), Mark Sykes (1879), Martin Frobisher (1535), James Bruce (1730), and John Rolfe (1585). After him are Alexander Mackenzie (1764), Matthew Flinders (1774), Samuel Wallis (1728), John Ross (1777), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), and William Smith (1790).

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