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Percy Fawcett

1867 - 1925

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Percy Harrison Fawcett (18 August 1867 – disappeared 29 May 1925) was a British geographer, artillery officer, cartographer, archaeologist and explorer of South America. He disappeared in 1925 (along with his eldest son, Jack, and one of Jack's friends, Raleigh Rimmel) during an expedition to find an ancient lost city which he and others believed existed in the Amazon rainforest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Percy Fawcett is the 948th most popular writer (up from 962nd in 2019), the 883rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 740th in 2019) and the 96th most popular British Writer.

Percy Fawcett was an explorer who disappeared while searching for a lost city in the Amazon.

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Among writers, Percy Fawcett ranks 948 out of 7,302. Before him are Zelda Fitzgerald, Jules Renard, Philostratus, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Emma Orczy, and Prudentius. After him are Virginia Satir, Lucius Accius, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Samuel Butler, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, and George Steiner.

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Among people born in 1867, Percy Fawcett ranks 30. Before him are Walther Rathenau, Stanley Baldwin, Umberto Giordano, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rubén Darío, and Kurt Eisner. After him are Ignacy Mościcki, Hector Guimard, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Alexander Parvus, Irving Fisher, and Sakichi Toyoda. Among people deceased in 1925, Percy Fawcett ranks 33. Before him are Wong Fei-hung, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Oliver Heaviside, H. Rider Haggard, John Singer Sargent, and Pier Giorgio Frassati. After him are Karl Abraham, Christian Krohg, Robert M. La Follette, Christian Michelsen, Lovis Corinth, and Pierre Louÿs.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Percy Fawcett ranks 883 out of 8,785. Before him are Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), David Irving (1938), Rex Harrison (1908), Chris Rea (1951), Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), and James Macpherson (1736). After him are Robbie Williams (1974), Bobby Robson (1933), David McCallum (1933), Samuel Butler (1612), Eugen d'Albert (1864), and John Henry Newman (1801).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Percy Fawcett ranks 96. Before him are Samuel Richardson (1689), H. Rider Haggard (1856), Christopher Tolkien (1924), Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878), Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), and David Irving (1938). After him are Samuel Butler (1612), Bruce Chatwin (1940), Philip Pullman (1946), George Gissing (1857), E. M. Forster (1879), and Ann Radcliffe (1764).

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