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Alexander Dalrymple

1737 - 1808

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Alexander Dalrymple (24 July 1737 – 19 June 1808) was a Scottish geographer, hydrographer, and publisher. He spent the greater part of his career with the British East India Company, starting as a writer in Madras at the age of 16. He studied the old records of the company, and soon became sufficiently knowledgeable to advise on shipping routes in the East Indies. He spent several years travelling, investigating possibilities of expanding the company's trade, and carried out extensive surveys around Borneo, the Philippines, and Indo-China. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Dalrymple is the 351st most popular explorer (down from 326th in 2019), the 3,118th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,665th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 351 out of 498. Before him are Hugh Clapperton, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Domingo Martínez de Irala, Paweł Strzelecki, Juan de Oñate, and Florence Baker. After him are Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Pyotr Anjou, Carl Peters, Humphrey Gilbert, Elisha Kent Kane, and Édouard-Alfred Martel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 28. Before him are Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Iosif Igelström, Suzanne Curchod, Maria Caterina Brignole, and Princess Sophie Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Vasily Bazhenov, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, Arthur St. Clair, John Hunter, and Francis Hopkinson. Among people deceased in 1808, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 21. Before him are Gaétan Vestris, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, Étienne Pierre Ventenat, José Celestino Mutis, and José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca. After him are Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Giuseppe Piermarini, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Carl Hindenburg, and John Wilkinson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 3,119 out of 8,785. Before him are Edmund Goulding (1891), Peter Pears (1910), Martin Parr (1952), Terence O'Neill (1914), Henry Raeburn (1756), and Israel Zangwill (1864). After him are Andrew Bell (1753), Ice MC (1965), Sienna Guillory (1975), George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946), Anthony Phillips (1951), and Nathaniel Bliss (1700).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Alexander Dalrymple ranks 41. Before him are Anthony Jenkinson (1529), John Byron (1723), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), John McDouall Stuart (1815), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), and Hugh Clapperton (1788). After him are Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Vivian Fuchs (1908), John Biscoe (1794), George Bass (1771), John Moresby (1830), and Samuel Baker (1821).

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