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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 9,978 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). William Parry is the 248th most popular explorer (down from 185th in 2019), the 2,082nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,635th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 22

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, William Parry ranks 248 out of 405. Before him are Annie Londonderry, Vladimir Atlasov, Thorvald Eiriksson, St John Philby, Ingvar the Far-Travelled, and Yerofey Khabarov. After him are Anthony Jenkinson, Nicolas Baudin, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Pehr Osbeck, Carl Peters, and Freya Stark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, William Parry ranks 21. Before him are Gideon Mantell, John Austin, José Antonio Páez, Marquis de Custine, Markos Botsaris, and Keisai Eisen. After him are Manuel Blanco Encalada, Karol Lipiński, Nassau William Senior, Juan Álvarez, Claude Pouillet, and Juan Álvarez Mendizábal. Among people deceased in 1855, William Parry ranks 23. Before him are Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, Antonio Rosmini, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Jacques Charles François Sturm, FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, and Mariano Arista. After him are Mihály Vörösmarty, Sergey Uvarov, Carl Anton von Meyer, Louis-Mathieu Molé, Guglielmo Pepe, and Joseph Aspdin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Parry ranks 2,082 out of 7,765. Before him are Æthelfrith (600), Susannah York (1939), Basil Bernstein (1924), James Harrington (1611), Kelly Brook (1979), and Mark Thatcher (1953). After him are John Wyndham (1903), William Kent (1685), Alexander Bain (1818), William Robert Grove (1811), Oldfield Thomas (1858), and Cynewulf of Wessex (750).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, William Parry ranks 30. Before him are John Rolfe (1585), Mark Sykes (1879), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), Douglas Mawson (1882), John Byron (1723), and Samuel Baker (1821). After him are Anthony Jenkinson (1529), Richard Chancellor (1521), Francis Crozier (1796), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), and Humphrey Gilbert (1539).

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