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John Moresby

1830 - 1922

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Rear Admiral John Moresby (15 March 1830 – 12 July 1922) was a British naval officer who explored the coast of New Guinea and was the first European to discover the site of Port Moresby. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Moresby is the 374th most popular explorer (up from 449th in 2019), the 3,420th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,323rd in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Moresby ranks 374 out of 498. Before him are Stepan Krasheninnikov, Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Miguel Corte-Real, John Wesley Powell, and George Bass. After him are Olav Bjaaland, Henri Duveyrier, Samuel Baker, Fernão de Loronha, Knut Haugland, and Vasily Chichagov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, John Moresby ranks 58. Before him are Nain Singh, Ivan Larionov, Daniel Oliver, Jhalkaribai, Gustav Lange, and John Douglas. After him are Karl Klindworth, Clémence Royer, James G. Blaine, Henry Peach Robinson, Peter Arnold Heise, and Juan Manuel Blanes. Among people deceased in 1922, John Moresby ranks 104. Before him are Otto Lehmann, Jorge Montt, Louis-Antoine Ranvier, William Henry Hudson, Elizabeth Jane Gardner, and Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are Ferdinand Keller, Jørgen Løvland, Axel Thue, Emil Frey, José de Amézola y Aspizúa, and Tullio Bozza.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Moresby ranks 3,421 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Walker (1912), John Steiner (1941), John Arbuthnot (1667), Vanessa Kirby (1988), David Almond (1951), and George Larner (1875). After him are Benjamin Robins (1707), Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844), Laurie Cunningham (1956), Edward Hardwicke (1932), Charles Warren (1840), and Æthelthryth (636).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Moresby ranks 46. Before him are Hugh Clapperton (1788), Alexander Dalrymple (1737), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Vivian Fuchs (1908), John Biscoe (1794), and George Bass (1771). After him are Samuel Baker (1821), Alexander Burnes (1805), Frank Wild (1873), Lachlan Macquarie (1762), Frederick William Beechey (1796), and George Nares (1831).

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