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Herbert Ponting

1870 - 1935

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Herbert George Ponting, FRGS (21 March 1870 – 7 February 1935) was an English professional photographer. He is best known as the expedition photographer and cinematographer for Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to the Ross Sea and South Pole (1910–1913). In this role, he captured some of the most enduring images of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Ponting is the 452nd most popular explorer (down from 440th in 2019), the 4,599th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,167th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Herbert Ponting ranks 452 out of 498. Before him are Frans Blom, John Gardner Wilkinson, Valerian Albanov, Matthew Henson, Jan Carstenszoon, and Charles Sturt. After him are George Back, Ed Stafford, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Lars Christensen, Kristian Prestrud, and Allan Cunningham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Herbert Ponting ranks 153. Before him are Karel Kašpar, Victor Borisov-Musatov, Antonius van den Broek, Frederick G. Donnan, Nino Martoglio, and Jacques Cariou. After him are Maxfield Parrish, Harry Vardon, Liberato Marcial Rojas, Antonín Slavíček, William Glackens, and Maud Barger-Wallach. Among people deceased in 1935, Herbert Ponting ranks 137. Before him are Vernon Lee, Nikodem Caro, Guido Balzarini, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Jón Þorláksson, and José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez. After him are Silverio Izaguirre, George William Russell, Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, Paolo Orsi, Patricio Arabolaza, and Charles Kingsford Smith.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Herbert Ponting ranks 4,600 out of 8,785. Before him are Geoffrey Unsworth (1914), Alex Kapranos (1972), Charles Rosher (1885), Naseem Hamed (1974), Phyllis Covell (1895), and Bernie Marsden (1951). After him are Archibald Menzies (1754), John Masefield (1878), Charles Montagu Doughty (1843), Walter de la Mare (1873), George Clausen (1852), and Cliff Bastin (1912).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Herbert Ponting ranks 64. Before him are Christopher Middleton (1690), Anthony de la Roché (1700), Alfred Maudslay (1850), Tobias Furneaux (1735), Boyd Alexander (1873), and John Gardner Wilkinson (1797). After him are George Back (1796), Ed Stafford (1975), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), Allan Cunningham (1791), Edgeworth David (1858), and Henry Seebohm (1832).

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