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Edward Bransfield

1785 - 1852

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Edward Bransfield (c. 1785 – 31 October 1852) was a Royal Navy officer who served as a master on several ships, after being impressed into service in Ireland at the age of 18. He is noted for his participation in several explorations of parts of Antarctica, including a sighting of the Trinity Peninsula in January 1820. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Bransfield is the 263rd most popular explorer (down from 247th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 106th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Edward Bransfield ranks 263 out of 498. Before him are Karl Weyprecht, Oscar Wisting, Bento de Góis, Julius Popper, Rodrigo de Jerez, and Karl Maximovich. After him are Ada Blackjack, Adolf Lüderitz, Jedediah Smith, Man of the Hole, Francisco Moreno, and Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Edward Bransfield ranks 35. Before him are Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Archduke Karl of Austria-Este, Prince Paul of Württemberg, Charles Xavier Thomas, Adam Wilhelm Moltke, and Agustín Gamarra. After him are August Böckh, Vicente López y Planes, Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau, Lady Caroline Lamb, José Miguel Carrera, and August Immanuel Bekker. Among people deceased in 1852, Edward Bransfield ranks 38. Before him are Prince Paul of Württemberg, Vincenzo Gioberti, Eugène Burnouf, Wilhelm Hisinger, Táhirih, and Tirimüjgan Kadın. After him are Achille Richard, John Lloyd Stephens, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Charles Athanase Walckenaer, Bernardino Drovetti, and Georg von Langsdorff.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Edward Bransfield ranks 132 out of 549. Before him are Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), Patrick Pearse (1879), Aidan Gillen (1968), Constantine III of Scotland (971), George Allman (1812), and Pat McDonald (1878). After him are Richard Montgomery (1738), Niall Horan (1993), William Brown (1777), Anne de Mortimer (1390), Arthur Griffith (1871), and Arthur Johnson (1879).

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Among EXPLORERS In Ireland

Among explorers born in Ireland, Edward Bransfield ranks 3. Before him are Ernest Shackleton (1874), and Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810). After him are Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie (1815), Henry Kellett (1806), Tom Crean (1877), Robert McClure (1807), and Robert O'Hara Burke (1821).

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