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Luke Foxe

1586 - 1635

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Luke Foxe (or Fox) (20 October 1586 – c. 15 July 1635) was an English explorer, born in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, who searched for the Northwest Passage across North America. In 1631, he sailed much of the western Hudson Bay before concluding no such passage was possible. Foxe Basin, Foxe Channel and Foxe Peninsula were named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luke Foxe is the 416th most popular explorer (up from 428th in 2019), the 4,066th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,054th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Luke Foxe ranks 416 out of 498. Before him are Fyodor Konyukhov, Edward John Eyre, Jørgen Jørgensen, Ernest Henry Wilson, Henry Kellett, and Clements Markham. After him are Francis Crozier, Christopher Middleton, Karl Mauch, Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, Isaac Israel Hayes, and Gennady Nevelskoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1586, Luke Foxe ranks 18. Before him are Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard, John Ford, Alessandro Grandi, Leo Allatius, Juan Gómez de Mora, and Georg Calixtus.  Among people deceased in 1635, Luke Foxe ranks 17. Before him are Joos de Momper, Fakhr al-Din II, Alessandro Tassoni, Domenico Tintoretto, Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen, and Johann Faulhaber. After him is Thomas Ravenscroft.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Luke Foxe ranks 4,067 out of 8,785. Before him are Rupert Friend (1981), Dele Alli (1996), Clements Markham (1830), Jay Kay (1969), Stephen Spender (1909), and Kevin McKidd (1973). After him are Joan Aiken (1924), Marmaduke Tunstall (1743), Glenn Hoddle (1957), Donald Nicol (1923), Edith Hannam (1878), and Tom Boyd (1965).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Luke Foxe ranks 56. Before him are Lachlan Macquarie (1762), Frederick William Beechey (1796), George Nares (1831), Edward John Eyre (1815), Ernest Henry Wilson (1876), and Clements Markham (1830). After him are Francis Crozier (1796), Christopher Middleton (1690), Anthony de la Roché (1700), Alfred Maudslay (1850), Tobias Furneaux (1735), and Boyd Alexander (1873).

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