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Adrien de Gerlache

1866 - 1934

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Baron Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery (French pronunciation: [adʁijɛ̃ viktɔʁ ʒozɛf də ʒɛʁlaʃ də ɡɔmʁi]; 2 August 1866 – 4 December 1934) was a Belgian officer in the Belgian Royal Navy who led the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adrien de Gerlache is the 161st most popular explorer (down from 131st in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 183rd in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 161 out of 498Before him are Ahmad ibn Rustah, Scylax of Caryanda, Martin Frobisher, Hans Staden, Gil Eanes, and Cornelis de Houtman. After him are Gaspar de Portolá, Enrique of Malacca, Otto Sverdrup, Emin Pasha, Isabelle Eberhardt, and Fernão do Pó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 42Before him are Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Jeppe Aakjær, Ambroise Vollard, Francesco Cilea, and Gopal Krishna Gokhale. After him are Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Franz von Bayros, Hubert Van Innis, Ramon Casas, Emile Vandervelde, and Dmitry Merezhkovsky. Among people deceased in 1934, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 47Before him are Hakaru Hashimoto, Jakob Wassermann, Alexander von Kluck, Hermann Bahr, Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta, and Hubert Lyautey. After him are Paul Troost, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, Herbert Chapman, Willem de Sitter, Franz Schreker, and Roberto Ferruzzi.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 227 out of 1,190Before him are Théophile de Donder (1872), Robert Cailliau (1947), Pierre Deligne (1944), Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (1797), Adeliza of Louvain (1103), and Jacob van Artevelde (1290). After him are Frans Masereel (1889), Bernard van Orley (1487), Jozef De Kesel (1947), Paul Bril (1556), Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1630), and Melchior Broederlam (1355).

Among EXPLORERS In Belgium

Among explorers born in Belgium, Adrien de Gerlache ranks 1After him are James Weddell (1787), and Louis Hennepin (1626).