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James Clark Ross

1800 - 1862

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Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of both the northern and southern polar regions. In the Arctic, he participated in two expeditions led by his uncle, John Ross, and in four led by William Edward Parry: in the Antarctic, he led his own expedition from 1839 to 1843. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Clark Ross is the 101st most popular explorer (down from 83rd in 2019), the 991st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 680th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Explorer.

James Clark Ross was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. He was the first to lead a voyage to Antarctica, which he accomplished in 1839.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, James Clark Ross ranks 101 out of 498. Before him are Salomon August Andrée, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Davy Crockett, and Robert FitzRoy. After him are Bjarni Herjólfsson, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Frederick de Houtman, and Bartholomew Columbus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, James Clark Ross ranks 14. Before him are Charles Goodyear, Henry Fox Talbot, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, John Brown, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and John Nelson Darby. After him are Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Jacques Paul Migne, Lars Levi Laestadius, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza, and Jean-Jacques Ampère. Among people deceased in 1862, James Clark Ross ranks 11. Before him are John Tyler, Jean-Baptiste Biot, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Fromental Halévy, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, and Božena Němcová. After him are Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, Robert Knox, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Carlos Antonio López, Elizabeth Siddal, and Carl Ludwig Blume.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Clark Ross ranks 991 out of 8,785. Before him are George Robert Gray (1808), Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373), Robert Graves (1895), Brian O'Nolan (1911), Boris Karloff (1887), and Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671). After him are Alfred Molina (1953), Leigh Hunt (1784), Michael Palin (1943), Harry Kane (1993), William Bradford (1590), and Henry Bessemer (1813).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, James Clark Ross ranks 16. Before him are John Ross (1777), William Dampier (1651), John Smith (1580), Richard Francis Burton (1821), William Parry (1790), and Robert FitzRoy (1805). After him are Thomas Cavendish (1560), George Vancouver (1757), Mary Kingsley (1862), Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), and Samuel Wallis (1728).

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