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John McDouall Stuart

1815 - 1866

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John McDouall Stuart (7 September 1815 – 5 June 1866), often referred to as simply "McDouall Stuart", was a Scottish explorer and one of the most accomplished of all Australia's inland explorers. Stuart led the first successful expedition to traverse the Australian mainland from south to north and return, through the centre of the continent. His experience and the care he showed for his team ensured he never lost a man, despite the harshness of the country he encountered. The explorations of Stuart eventually resulted in the 1863 annexation of a huge area of country to the Government of South Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John McDouall Stuart is the 306th most popular explorer (up from 395th in 2019), the 2,682nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,472nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John McDouall Stuart ranks 306 out of 498. Before him are Bertrand Piccard, John Byron, Lady Hester Stanhope, Ippolito Rosellini, Gustav Adolf von Götzen, and Philip Carteret. After him are Jacques Labillardière, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, Jens Munk, Nicolas Baudin, Wilfred Thesiger, and Masabumi Hosono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, John McDouall Stuart ranks 50. Before him are Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Eduard August von Regel, Crawford Long, Temistocle Solera, Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, and Alphonse Beau de Rochas. After him are Louis Le Chatelier, Johann Gottfried Piefke, Karl von Blaas, James B. Francis, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, and Mykhailo Verbytskyi. Among people deceased in 1866, John McDouall Stuart ranks 26. Before him are Winfield Scott, Luigi Carlo Farini, Adrien-François Servais, Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky, Thuwaini bin Said, and Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. After him are Nadezhda Durova, Jan Kalivoda, Manuel Bulnes, Theodor Kotschy, Jules Dupuit, and Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John McDouall Stuart ranks 2,683 out of 8,785. Before him are John Machin (1680), Hilton Valentine (1943), John Leslie (1766), Philip Kerr (1956), Ivor Richard (1932), and Jackie Oliver (1942). After him are Alexander Gardner (1821), Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany (1426), Richard Wilson (1714), Christopher Robin Milne (1920), Marjorie Bruce (1297), and Alan Sillitoe (1928).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John McDouall Stuart ranks 38. Before him are Mark Sykes (1879), Richard Chancellor (1521), William Smith (1790), Anthony Jenkinson (1529), John Byron (1723), and Lady Hester Stanhope (1776). After him are Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Vivian Fuchs (1908), and John Biscoe (1794).

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