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Édouard-Alfred Martel

1859 - 1938

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Édouard-Alfred Martel (1 July 1859, Pontoise, Val-d'Oise – 3 June 1938, Montbrison), the 'father of modern speleology', was a world pioneer of cave exploration, study, and documentation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Édouard-Alfred Martel has received more than 47,239 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Édouard-Alfred Martel is the 335th most popular explorer, the 3,787th most popular biography from France and the 29th most popular French Explorer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Édouard-Alfred Martel ranks 335 out of 405. Before him are John Biscoe, Nathaniel Palmer, Pascual de Andagoya, William Smith, Frederick William Beechey, and Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard. After him are Philip Carteret, Khariton Laptev, Oscar Dickson, Georgy Sedov, Benjamin Morrell, and John McDouall Stuart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Édouard-Alfred Martel ranks 95. Before him are Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquess of Alhucemas, August von Gödrich, Julius Klengel, Tsubouchi Shōyō, Jacques Loeb, and Anna Palm de Rosa. After him are Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, Teodor Axentowicz, Georgios Orphanidis, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., A. E. Housman, and Nikolay Kasatkin. Among people deceased in 1938, Édouard-Alfred Martel ranks 146. Before him are Wage Rudolf Supratman, Christian Rohlfs, Pearl White, Edward M. House, Osip Piatnitsky, and Nikolai Gikalo. After him are Teodor Axentowicz, Víctor Morales, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Steve Bloomer, Georgy Langemak, and Grey Owl.

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In France

Among people born in France, Édouard-Alfred Martel ranks 3,787 out of 6,011. Before him are Léon-Adolphe Amette (1850), Jean Collas (1874), Jacques Martin (1921), Pierre Adet (1763), Maxime Maufra (1861), and Émile Duclaux (1840). After him are Olivier de Serres (1539), Lucien Aimar (1941), Marcel Arland (1899), Louis Bastien (1881), Raymond Bernard (1891), and Charles Blondin (1824).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Édouard-Alfred Martel ranks 29. Before him are Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Francis Garnier (1839), Nicolas Baudin (1754), Freya Stark (1893), and Pierre Poivre (1719). After him are Henri Duveyrier (1840), Étienne Brûlé (1592), Louis de Freycinet (1779), Jacques Labillardière (1755), Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755), and Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798).

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