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George W. De Long

1844 - 1881

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George Washington De Long (August 22, 1844 – c. October 31, 1881) was a United States Navy officer and explorer who led the ill-fated Jeannette expedition of 1879–1881, in search of the Open Polar Sea. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George W. De Long is the 138th most popular explorer (up from 210th in 2019), the 2,034th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,949th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, George W. De Long ranks 138 out of 498. Before him are Mary Kingsley, Frederick Cook, Andrés de Urdaneta, Mikhail Lazarev, João Vaz Corte-Real, and Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. After him are Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Ranulph Fiennes, Pedro Mascarenhas, Adam Olearius, Afanasy Nikitin, and Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, George W. De Long ranks 33. Before him are Adolf Engler, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Friedrich Miescher, Sophia Tolstaya, Henry J. Heinz, and Karl Lueger. After him are Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Saitō Hajime, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, Thomas Eakins, Minna Canth, and Mihály Munkácsy. Among people deceased in 1881, George W. De Long ranks 21. Before him are Nikolai Rubinstein, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Empress Dowager Ci'an, Nikolay Pirogov, Theobald Boehm, and Hermann Lotze. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, Eduard Heine, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, and John Gould.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George W. De Long ranks 2,034 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Johnson (1967), Gene Tierney (1920), Sean Lennon (1975), Ed Lauter (1938), Don Ameche (1908), and Anna Nicole Smith (1967). After him are Sidney Bechet (1897), James Baldwin (1924), Spiro Agnew (1918), Peter Bogdanovich (1939), Adam Scott (1973), and Walter Bradford Cannon (1871).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, George W. De Long ranks 11. Before him are Sacagawea (1780), Calamity Jane (1852), Hugh Glass (1783), Michael Rockefeller (1938), Chris McCandless (1968), and Frederick Cook (1865). After him are Simon Fraser (1776), Don Walsh (1931), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Jimmie Angel (1899), Louise Arner Boyd (1887), and Ada Blackjack (1898).

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