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John Ross

1777 - 1856

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Sir John Ross (24 June 1777 – 30 August 1856) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer and polar explorer. He was the uncle of Sir James Clark Ross, who explored the Arctic with him, and later led expeditions to Antarctica. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Ross is the 64th most popular explorer (up from 206th in 2019), the 669th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,713th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Ross ranks 64 out of 498. Before him are Henry Hudson, Himilco, Diogo Cão, Hernando de Soto, Nikolay Przhevalsky, and Yaqut al-Hamawi. After him are Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, William Dampier, Richard E. Byrd, and Luís Vaz de Torres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1777, John Ross ranks 9. Before him are Alexander I of Russia, Désirée Clary, Henry Clay, Heinrich von Kleist, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, and Elisa Bonaparte. After him are Philipp Otto Runge, Juliette Récamier, Louis Jacques Thénard, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria, and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. Among people deceased in 1856, John Ross ranks 8. Before him are Heinrich Heine, Amedeo Avogadro, Max Stirner, Nikolai Lobachevsky, Adolphe Adam, and Paul Delaroche. After him are Ivan Paskevich, Étienne Cabet, Ľudovít Štúr, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, and Princess Pauline of Württemberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Ross ranks 669 out of 8,785. Before him are Joshua Reynolds (1723), James Wilson (1742), Nicholas Hilliard (1547), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Bruce Dickinson (1958), and Gordon Banks (1937). After him are Thomas Bayes (1702), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), Chaim Herzog (1918), Hugh Laurie (1959), and Diana Rigg (1938).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Ross ranks 10. Before him are David Livingstone (1813), William Adams (1564), John Davis (1550), Henry Morton Stanley (1841), William Baffin (1584), and Henry Hudson (1570). After him are William Dampier (1651), John Smith (1580), Richard Francis Burton (1821), William Parry (1790), Robert FitzRoy (1805), and James Clark Ross (1800).

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