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Mark Sykes

1879 - 1919

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Colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet (16 March 1879 – 16 February 1919) was an English traveller, Conservative Party politician, and diplomatic advisor, particularly with regard to the Middle East at the time of the First World War. He is associated with the Sykes–Picot Agreement, drawn up while the war was in progress regarding the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire by the United Kingdom, France, and the Russian Empire, and was a key negotiator of the Balfour Declaration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Sykes is the 224th most popular explorer (down from 147th in 2019), the 2,028th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,279th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Mark Sykes ranks 224 out of 498. Before him are Pedro Cieza de León, Alejandro Malaspina, Jacob van Heemskerck, Hendrik Brouwer, Joshua Slocum, and Pero Escobar. After him are Juan de Garay, Francisco de Bobadilla, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, Anthony van Diemen, and Otto Finsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Mark Sykes ranks 89. Before him are Hu Hanmin, Alla Nazimova, Marius Jacob, Rudolf Bauer, Aleksandër Moisiu, and Hovannes Adamian. After him are Guido Fubini, Sándor Garbai, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Gorazd, Jacob Gade, and Vanessa Bell. Among people deceased in 1919, Mark Sykes ranks 74. Before him are Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia, Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, Aaron Kosminski, Louis Botha, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, and Alexander Izvolsky. After him are Itagaki Taisuke, Laurence Doherty, Michel Théato, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Daniel Peter, and Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mark Sykes ranks 2,028 out of 8,785. Before him are Alfred Fowler (1868), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), Lindsay Duncan (1950), Don Thompson (1933), and W. Ross Ashby (1903). After him are John Taverner (1490), Alkmund of Derby (800), John Hannah (1962), Mary Ward (1585), Anthony Collins (1676), and Anthony Quayle (1913).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Mark Sykes ranks 32. Before him are Matthew Flinders (1774), John Marshall (1748), James Bruce (1730), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), Douglas Mawson (1882), and John Rolfe (1585). After him are Richard Chancellor (1521), William Smith (1790), Anthony Jenkinson (1529), John Byron (1723), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), and John McDouall Stuart (1815).

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