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Edward S. Curtis

1868 - 1952

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Edward Sheriff Curtis (February 19, 1868 – October 19, 1952; sometimes given as Edward Sherriff Curtis) was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and Native American people. Sometimes referred to as the "Shadow Catcher", Curtis traveled the United States to document and record the dwindling ways of life of various native tribes through photographs and audio recordings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward S. Curtis is the 361st most popular explorer (down from 307th in 2019), the 5,946th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,414th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Edward S. Curtis ranks 361 out of 498. Before him are Humphrey Gilbert, Elisha Kent Kane, Édouard-Alfred Martel, Matvei Gedenshtrom, Albert von Le Coq, and Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs. After him are Theodor von Heuglin, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Piet Retief, Vivian Fuchs, Eudoxus of Cyzicus, and John Biscoe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Edward S. Curtis ranks 152. Before him are Max von Schillings, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Jonas Staugaitis, Wallace Clement Sabine, Panagis Tsaldaris, and Mihailo Petrović. After him are Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, Nikolaos Trikoupis, Constance Markievicz, Heinrich Schenker, Federico Tinoco Granados, and Gustav Mie. Among people deceased in 1952, Edward S. Curtis ranks 113. Before him are Jonas Staugaitis, Sergey Merkurov, John Garfield, Roger Vitrac, Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Yakov Frenkel. After him are Albert Bassermann, Adolf Busch, Elisabeth Schumann, Carl Tanzler, Carlo Agostini, and Manuel Portela Valladares.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward S. Curtis ranks 5,946 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Drake (1917), M. C. Gainey (1948), Michael E. Brown (1965), James McCaffrey (1958), LisaGay Hamilton (1964), and Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935). After him are Vanessa del Rio (1952), Richmond K. Turner (1885), Gary Chapman (1938), Linda Fiorentino (1958), Frank Zamboni (1901), and John Mayer (1977).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Edward S. Curtis ranks 25. Before him are Charles Wilkes (1798), Jim Bridger (1804), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), John C. Frémont (1813), Meriwether Lewis (1774), and Elisha Kent Kane (1820). After him are John Wesley Powell (1834), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), George Kennan (1845), Charles Francis Hall (1821), Isaac Israel Hayes (1832), and Frederick Russell Burnham (1861).

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