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William Smith

1790 - 1847

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William Smith (c. 1790–1847) was an English captain born in Blyth, Northumberland, who discovered the South Shetland Islands, an archipelago off the Graham Land in Antarctica. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Smith has received more than 169,775 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Smith is the 332nd most popular explorer (down from 239th in 2019), the 2,993rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,032nd in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Explorer.

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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, William Smith ranks 332 out of 405. Before him are Stepan Krasheninnikov, Charles Francis Hall, Francisco de Ulloa, John Biscoe, Nathaniel Palmer, and Pascual de Andagoya. After him are Frederick William Beechey, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, Édouard-Alfred Martel, Philip Carteret, Khariton Laptev, and Oscar Dickson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, William Smith ranks 36. Before him are Jean René Constant Quoy, Simon von Stampfer, James Pradier, Juan Lindo, Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy, and Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom. After him are William Davies Evans, Ignaz von Rudhart, Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, Melchor Múzquiz, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger, and Letitia Christian Tyler. Among people deceased in 1847, William Smith ranks 36. Before him are Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Erik Gustaf Geijer, José Joaquín de Olmedo, Henri Dutrochet, Frans Michael Franzén, and Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen. After him are Vicente Rocafuerte, Grace Aguilar, Luis José de Orbegoso, Manuel Menéndez, Mary Lamb, and Thomas Chalmers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Smith ranks 2,993 out of 7,765. Before him are John Hoppner (1758), Derek Bell (1941), Gemma Chan (1982), Ashley Cole (1980), Capability Brown (1716), and Quentin Crisp (1908). After him are Andrew Latimer (1949), Thomas Gage (1719), Thomas Nashe (1567), Sarah Siddons (1755), John Peckham (1227), and William Wilson (1844).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, William Smith ranks 40. Before him are Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Edward John Eyre (1815), Alexander Burnes (1805), and John Biscoe (1794). After him are Frederick William Beechey (1796), John McDouall Stuart (1815), Edward Wilson (1872), Frank Wild (1873), Clements Markham (1830), and Edgar Evans (1876).

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