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Anthony Jenkinson

1529 - 1610

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Anthony Jenkinson (1529 – 1610/1611) was born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire. He was one of the first Englishmen to explore Muscovy and present-day Russia. Jenkinson was a traveller and explorer on behalf of the Muscovy Company and the English crown. He also met Ivan the Terrible several times during his trips to Moscow and Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Jenkinson is the 290th most popular explorer (down from 263rd in 2019), the 2,563rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,162nd in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 290 out of 498. Before him are Freya Stark, Ivan Papanin, Nuno Tristão, Francis Younghusband, Jim Bridger, and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. After him are Eusebio Kino, Roy Chapman Andrews, Wulfstan of Hedeby, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Ingvar the Far-Travelled, and Grigory Potanin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1529, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 7. Before him are Giambologna, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Franciscus Patricius, John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, Taddeo Zuccari, and Anna of Hesse. After him are Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Raphael Holinshed. Among people deceased in 1610, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 13. Before him are Honda Tadakatsu, Adam Elsheimer, Anna of Sweden, False Dmitry II, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, and Hasegawa Tōhaku. After him are Duchess Sophie of Prussia, Francis Solanus, and Girolamo Diruta.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 2,564 out of 8,785. Before him are Graham Bonnet (1947), Alan Lancaster (1949), Ray Clemence (1948), Lesley Nicol (1953), Michael Tippett (1905), and Alan Gardiner (1879). After him are James Braid (1795), Alexander Parkes (1813), William Foulke (1874), James Harrington (1611), Midge Ure (1953), and Robert Morley (1908).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Anthony Jenkinson ranks 35. Before him are Alexander Mackenzie (1764), Douglas Mawson (1882), John Rolfe (1585), Mark Sykes (1879), Richard Chancellor (1521), and William Smith (1790). After him are John Byron (1723), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), John McDouall Stuart (1815), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Hugh Clapperton (1788), and Alexander Dalrymple (1737).

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