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Paweł Strzelecki

1797 - 1873

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Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpavɛw ˈɛdmunt stʂɛˈlɛt͡skʲi]; 20 July 1797 – 6 October 1873), also known as Paul Edmund de Strzelecki and Sir Paul Strzelecki, was a Polish explorer, geologist, humanitarian, environmentalist, nobleman, scientist, businessman and philanthropist who in 1845 also became a British subject. He is noted for his contributions to the exploration of Australia, particularly the Snowy Mountains and Tasmania, and for climbing and naming the highest – 2228 metres (7310 feet) – mountain on the continent, Mount Kosciuszko. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paweł Strzelecki is the 348th most popular explorer (down from 268th in 2019), the 832nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 656th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Paweł Strzelecki ranks 348 out of 498. Before him are Alexander Gordon Laing, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Yuri Lisyansky, Hugh Clapperton, Sebastián Vizcaíno, and Domingo Martínez de Irala. After him are Juan de Oñate, Florence Baker, Alexander Dalrymple, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Pyotr Anjou, and Carl Peters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Paweł Strzelecki ranks 64. Before him are Henry E. Steinway, Alexander Bestuzhev, Johann Andreas Wagner, Jean-Marie Duhamel, Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, and Peter Georg Bang. After him are El Hadj Umar Tall, José Mariano Salas, Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Stanislas Julien, and James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan. Among people deceased in 1873, Paweł Strzelecki ranks 55. Before him are Johann Jakob Kaup, Louis Le Chatelier, Auguste Couder, Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, and Odilon Barrot. After him are Eugène Flachat, Gheorghe Bibescu, Francis Marrash, Charles Dupin, Mary Ann Cotton, and Christopher Hansteen.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Paweł Strzelecki ranks 832 out of 1,694. Before him are Werner Olk (1938), Alfred Stock (1876), Zbigniew Oleśnicki (1389), Duchess Agnes of Württemberg (1835), Stanislaus Papczyński (1631), and Anna Wierzbicka (1938). After him are Jakub Błaszczykowski (1985), Ulli Lommel (1944), Wacław of Szamotuły (1520), Heinz Hopf (1894), Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1778), and Tadeusz Konwicki (1926).

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Among EXPLORERS In Poland

Among explorers born in Poland, Paweł Strzelecki ranks 5. Before him are Emin Pasha (1840), Otto Finsch (1839), Gustav Adolf von Götzen (1866), and Theodor Kotschy (1813). After him are Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz (1936), and Marek Kamiński (1964).

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