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John Biscoe

1794 - 1843

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John Biscoe (28 April 1794 – 1843) was an English mariner and explorer who commanded the first expedition known to have sighted the areas named Enderby Land and Graham Land along the coast of Antarctica. The expedition also found a number of islands in the vicinity of Graham Land, including the Biscoe Islands that were named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Biscoe is the 367th most popular explorer (down from 341st in 2019), the 3,325th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,861st in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Biscoe ranks 367 out of 498. Before him are Edward S. Curtis, Theodor von Heuglin, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Piet Retief, Vivian Fuchs, and Eudoxus of Cyzicus. After him are Stepan Krasheninnikov, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Miguel Corte-Real, John Wesley Powell, and George Bass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, John Biscoe ranks 56. Before him are Heinz Christian Pander, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Christian Albrecht Bluhme, Edward Robinson, and Carl Joseph Begas. After him are Sabin Berthelot, Edward Everett, Prince Frederick of Prussia, Karl Julius Perleb, Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen, and Valentín Canalizo. Among people deceased in 1843, John Biscoe ranks 25. Before him are Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Ippolito Rosellini, Francis Scott Key, John Trumbull, and Julius Vincenz von Krombholz. After him are Hirata Atsutane, Sylvestre François Lacroix, Friedrich von Adelung, Johann Natterer, Kazim Rashti, and Washington Allston.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Biscoe ranks 3,326 out of 8,785. Before him are Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772), Walter Map (1140), Chris Waddle (1960), Dick Turpin (1705), Natalie Dormer (1982), and Mary Delany (1700). After him are Pete Ham (1947), Christopher Priest (1943), Benedict Wong (1971), Frederick Twort (1877), Bryan Robson (1957), and Joseph Quinn (1994).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Biscoe ranks 44. Before him are John McDouall Stuart (1815), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), and Vivian Fuchs (1908). After him are George Bass (1771), John Moresby (1830), Samuel Baker (1821), Alexander Burnes (1805), Frank Wild (1873), and Lachlan Macquarie (1762).

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