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Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

1778 - 1852

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Faddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen or Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen (20 September [O.S. 9 September] 1778 – 25 January [O.S. 13 January] 1852) was a Russian cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of Baltic German descent, who attained the rank of admiral. He participated in the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe, and subsequently became a leader of another circumnavigation expedition that discovered the continent of Antarctica. Like Otto von Kotzebue and Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Bellingshausen belonged to a cohort of prominent Baltic German navigators which helped Russia launch its naval expeditions. Bellingshausen was born on the island of Saaremaa (Ösel), to the Bellingshausen family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen is the 47th most popular explorer (down from 41st in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Explorer.

Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was a Baltic German explorer and admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy, who led an expedition to Antarctica in 1819-1821.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen ranks 47 out of 498. Before him are Daniel Boone, Jacob Roggeveen, Ingólfr Arnarson, Ernest Shackleton, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. After him are Martin Behaim, William Clark, Samuel de Champlain, Diego de Almagro, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, and Sven Hedin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen ranks 8. Before him are Marie Thérèse of France, Louis Bonaparte, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, Humphry Davy, José de San Martín, and Johann Nepomuk Hummel. After him are Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Bernardo O'Higgins, Clemens Brentano, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, and Fernando Sor. Among people deceased in 1852, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen ranks 7. Before him are Ada Lovelace, Nikolai Gogol, Louis Braille, Friedrich Fröbel, Henry Clay, and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. After him are Auguste de Marmont, Johan Gadolin, Augustus Pugin, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Ján Kollár, and Vasily Zhukovsky.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen ranks 7 out of 351. Before him are Catherine I of Russia (1684), Alfred Rosenberg (1893), Arvo Pärt (1935), Emil Lenz (1804), Arnold Rüütel (1928), and Karl Ernst von Baer (1792). After him are Konstantin Päts (1874), Lennart Meri (1929), Wolfgang Köhler (1887), Paul Keres (1916), Kaja Kallas (1977), and Louis Kahn (1901).

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Among EXPLORERS In Estonia

Among explorers born in Estonia, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen ranks 1. After him are Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770), Eduard von Toll (1858), and Richard Maack (1825).

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