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John Byron

1723 - 1786

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Vice-Admiral John Byron (8 November 1723 – 1 April 1786) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer. He earned the nickname "Foul-Weather Jack" in the press because of his frequent encounters with bad weather at sea. As a midshipman, he sailed in the squadron under George Anson on his voyage around the world, though Byron's ship, HMS Wager, made it only to southern Chile, where it was wrecked. He returned to England with the captain of the ship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Byron is the 301st most popular explorer (up from 346th in 2019), the 2,646th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,922nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Byron ranks 301 out of 498. Before him are Ingvar the Far-Travelled, Grigory Potanin, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Juan Pizarro, Pyotr Beketov, and Bertrand Piccard. After him are Lady Hester Stanhope, Ippolito Rosellini, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Philip Carteret, John McDouall Stuart, and Jacques Labillardière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, John Byron ranks 25. Before him are Pehr Osbeck, Mir Taqi Mir, William Blackstone, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Antoine Louis, and William Chambers. After him are Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, Peter Ascanius, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Richard Price, William Livingston, and Crispus Attucks. Among people deceased in 1786, John Byron ranks 18. Before him are Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, Antonio Sacchini, John Stanley, Hans Joachim von Zieten, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, and Pierre Poivre. After him are Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Thomas Wright, Nathanael Greene, Bernardo de Gálvez, Jean-Étienne Guettard, and Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Byron ranks 2,647 out of 8,785. Before him are Tommy Taylor (1932), William Whiston (1667), Colin McDonald (1930), Robert Fisk (1946), John Tavener (1944), and John Miles (1949). After him are Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), Chris Lowe (1959), Mark Rylance (1960), Phil Jones (1992), Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583), and Frank Bridge (1879).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Byron ranks 36. Before him are Douglas Mawson (1882), John Rolfe (1585), Mark Sykes (1879), Richard Chancellor (1521), William Smith (1790), and Anthony Jenkinson (1529). After him are Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), John McDouall Stuart (1815), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), and Humphrey Gilbert (1539).

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