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Florence Baker

1841 - 1916

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Florence, Lady Baker, or Florence Barbara Marie Finnian: or Florica Maria Sas; or Maria Freiin von Sas; or Barbara Maria Szász (Hungarian: Sass Flóra) (6 August 1841 – 11 March 1916) was a Transylvanian-born ethnic Hungarian British explorer. Born in Transylvania (then part of the Lands of the Hungarian Crown), she became an orphan when her parents and brother were murdered by the Romanian marauders led by Ioan Axente Sever. She fled with the remnants of the Hungarian army to the Ottoman Empire, settling in Vidin. There, she was sold as a slave in 1859. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Florence Baker is the 350th most popular explorer (up from 353rd in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Romania (up from 310th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Florence Baker ranks 350 out of 498. Before her are Yuri Lisyansky, Hugh Clapperton, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Domingo Martínez de Irala, Paweł Strzelecki, and Juan de Oñate. After her are Alexander Dalrymple, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Pyotr Anjou, Carl Peters, Humphrey Gilbert, and Elisha Kent Kane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Florence Baker ranks 72. Before her are George Turner, Karl Binding, Federico Zandomeneghi, Benedict Menni, John Murray, and Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer. After her are René Panhard, Antonio Pacinotti, Andrejs Pumpurs, Savva Mamontov, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, and William Henry Hudson. Among people deceased in 1916, Florence Baker ranks 106. Before her are Ishi, Kazimierz Alchimowicz, Friedrich Gernsheim, James Guillaume, Daniel Oliver, and Antonin Mercié. After her are Jane Dieulafoy, Albert Chmielowski, Walter Sutton, George Huntington, Chen Qimei, and Henri Harpignies.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Florence Baker ranks 290 out of 844. Before her are Dumitru Prunariu (1952), Lascăr Catargiu (1823), Victor Pițurcă (1956), Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten (1860), Nichita Stănescu (1933), and Alexandru Marghiloman (1854). After her are Zoltán Ozoray Schenker (1880), Alexandra Maria Lara (1978), Alexandru Todea (1912), Emil Boc (1966), Sándor Végh (1912), and Petrache Poenaru (1799).

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Among EXPLORERS In Romania

Among explorers born in Romania, Florence Baker ranks 3. Before her are Julius Popper (1857), and Nikolai Spathari (1636). After her are Sámuel Teleki (1845).

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