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Alexander Burnes

1805 - 1841

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Captain Sir Alexander Burnes (16 May 1805 – 2 November 1841) was a Scottish explorer, military officer and diplomat associated with the Great Game. He was nicknamed Bokhara Burnes for his role in establishing contact with and exploring Bukhara. His memoir, Travels into Bokhara, was a bestseller when it was first published in 1835. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Burnes is the 382nd most popular explorer (up from 417th in 2019), the 3,543rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,918th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Alexander Burnes ranks 382 out of 498. Before him are Henri Duveyrier, Samuel Baker, Fernão de Loronha, Knut Haugland, Vasily Chichagov, and Gombojab Tsybikov. After him are Jacques Bernard Hombron, Georgy Sedov, Nathaniel Palmer, Francisco de Ulloa, Lauge Koch, and Charles John Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, Alexander Burnes ranks 64. Before him are Hugo von Mohl, José Ballivián, Manuel García, Rudolf Wagner, Victor Baltard, and Tomás Villalba. After him are Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, William Lloyd Garrison, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Josef Danhauser, Michael Sars, and Samuel Ryan Curtis. Among people deceased in 1841, Alexander Burnes ranks 40. Before him are Louis de Freycinet, Ignaz von Seyfried, Luis Eduardo Pérez, Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, Georg Anton Friedrich Ast, and David Don. After him are Jørgen Jørgensen, David Wilkie, Alexander Shishkov, Francis Leggatt Chantrey, and Astley Cooper.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Burnes ranks 3,544 out of 8,785. Before him are Neil Murray (1950), Andrew Johnson (1981), Frank Hadow (1855), Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788), Joe Fagan (1921), and Ceolwulf of Wessex (600). After him are Keir Hardie (1856), John Cairncross (1913), Jimmy Murray (1933), Danny Rose (1990), Peter Phillips (1977), and Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Alexander Burnes ranks 48. Before him are Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Vivian Fuchs (1908), John Biscoe (1794), George Bass (1771), John Moresby (1830), and Samuel Baker (1821). After him are Frank Wild (1873), Lachlan Macquarie (1762), Frederick William Beechey (1796), George Nares (1831), Edward John Eyre (1815), and Ernest Henry Wilson (1876).

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