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Francis Younghusband

1863 - 1942

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Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, (31 May 1863 – 31 July 1942) was a British Army officer, explorer and spiritual writer. He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia; especially the 1904 British expedition to Tibet, led by him, and for his writings on Asia and foreign policy. Younghusband held positions including British commissioner to Tibet and president of the Royal Geographical Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Younghusband is the 287th most popular explorer (up from 309th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 58th in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Francis Younghusband ranks 287 out of 498. Before him are Willem de Vlamingh, Estêvão Gomes, Ludwig Leichhardt, Freya Stark, Ivan Papanin, and Nuno Tristão. After him are Jim Bridger, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Anthony Jenkinson, Eusebio Kino, Roy Chapman Andrews, and Wulfstan of Hedeby.

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Among people born in 1863, Francis Younghusband ranks 86. Before him are Vladimir Obruchev, Hans Aanrud, Scipione Riva-Rocci, Princess Isabella of Bavaria, Augusto B. Leguía, and Ioannis Frangoudis. After him are William Robert Ogilvie-Grant, Géza Gárdonyi, Charles Pathé, Charles Martin Hall, Edith Durham, and Lyubomir Miletich. Among people deceased in 1942, Francis Younghusband ranks 123. Before him are Jacques-Émile Blanche, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Joseph Schmidt, Ants Piip, Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, and Alexey Troitsky. After him are Léon Daudet, Eusebio Ayala, Yakov Perelman, Sébastien Faure, Emma Calvé, and Olena Teliha.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Francis Younghusband ranks 62 out of 217. Before him are Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690), Rahman Baba (1632), Muhammad Rafiq Tarar (1929), Dilip Kumar (1922), Nek Chand (1924), and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964). After him are Lal Bokhari (1909), Farooq Leghari (1940), Kumail Nanjiani (1978), Hamida Banu Begum (1527), Taxiles (-400), and Tariq Ali (1943).

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Among EXPLORERS In Pakistan

Among explorers born in Pakistan, Francis Younghusband ranks 1. 

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