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Douglas Mawson

1882 - 1958

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Sir Douglas Mawson (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. He is known for being a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton (with whom he undertook the Nimrod Expedition in 1907–1909). However most of his geological work was undertaken in South Australia, in particular the Precambrian rocks of the Flinders Ranges. Mawson was born in England and was brought to Australia as an infant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Mawson is the 206th most popular explorer (up from 289th in 2019), the 1,869th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,285th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Douglas Mawson ranks 206 out of 498. Before him are Francisco de Montejo, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Pedro Arias Dávila, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Francis Garnier, and Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon. After him are John Rolfe, René Caillié, Vasily Tatishchev, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, John Sutter, and Ruy López de Villalobos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Douglas Mawson ranks 107. Before him are Song Jiaoren, Donald Crisp, Jess McMahon, Emma Jung, Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, and Bronisław Huberman. After him are Raymonde de Laroche, Kâzım Karabekir, Christian Mortensen, Kamo, Walther Meissner, and Anna Schäffer. Among people deceased in 1958, Douglas Mawson ranks 58. Before him are Mikhail Zoshchenko, Pierre-Étienne Flandin, Franz Bardon, Peter Collins, Grigory Petrovsky, and Ludwig Crüwell. After him are Oscar Torp, Ernest Jones, Rudolf Rocker, Viktor Schauberger, José Miaja, and The Boswell Sisters.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Douglas Mawson ranks 1,869 out of 8,785. Before him are Elvis Costello (1954), Arthur Rackham (1867), Lennox Lewis (1965), Tommy Smith (1945), Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), and J. Lee Thompson (1914). After him are Michael Apted (1941), John Rolfe (1585), John Barbirolli (1899), James Gillray (1756), E. P. Thompson (1924), and Andrew Lincoln (1973).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Douglas Mawson ranks 30. Before him are Martin Frobisher (1535), Edward Wilson (1872), Matthew Flinders (1774), John Marshall (1748), James Bruce (1730), and Alexander Mackenzie (1764). After him are John Rolfe (1585), Mark Sykes (1879), Richard Chancellor (1521), William Smith (1790), Anthony Jenkinson (1529), and John Byron (1723).

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