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Matvei Gedenshtrom

1780 - 1845

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Mathias or Matthias Hedenström (Swedish; 1780 – 2 October [O.S. 20 September] 1845), also known by his Russian name Matvei Matveyevich Gedenshtrom (Матвей Матвеевич Геденштром), was a Russian explorer of Northern Siberia, writer, and public servant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matvei Gedenshtrom is the 358th most popular explorer (up from 374th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 130th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Latvian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Matvei Gedenshtrom ranks 358 out of 498. Before him are Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Pyotr Anjou, Carl Peters, Humphrey Gilbert, Elisha Kent Kane, and Édouard-Alfred Martel. After him are Albert von Le Coq, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Edward S. Curtis, Theodor von Heuglin, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, and Piet Retief.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Matvei Gedenshtrom ranks 43. Before him are Juana Azurduy de Padilla, Alexey Venetsianov, Henri Braconnot, Fulgencio Yegros, Karoline von Günderrode, and José Joaquín de Olmedo. After him are Piet Retief, Elizabeth Fry, Johann Friedrich Adam, Yakov Sannikov, Henry Salt, and Michele Tenore. Among people deceased in 1845, Matvei Gedenshtrom ranks 32. Before him are Rafael Urdaneta, Heinrich von Bellegarde, Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc, Christian Frederik Hansen, and Antoine Risso. After him are Johnny Appleseed, Elizabeth Fry, Gregor MacGregor, Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, Karl Julius Perleb, and Josef Danhauser.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Matvei Gedenshtrom ranks 120 out of 323. Before him are Heinz Christian Pander (1794), Elīna Garanča (1976), Johann Gerhard König (1728), Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879), Jāzeps Vītols (1863), and Alfrēds Rubiks (1935). After him are Jānis Daliņš (1904), Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen (1913), Anna Brigadere (1861), Anatoly Solovyev (1948), Māris Kučinskis (1961), and Augusts Kirhenšteins (1872).

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Among EXPLORERS In Latvia

Among explorers born in Latvia, Matvei Gedenshtrom ranks 3. Before him are Annie Londonderry (1870), and Johann Anton Güldenstädt (1745).

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