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Robert McClure

1807 - 1873

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Vice-Admiral Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure (28 January 1807 – 17 October 1873) was an Irish explorer who explored the Arctic. In 1854 he traversed the Northwest Passage by boat and sledge, and was the first to circumnavigate the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert McClure is the 466th most popular explorer (down from 432nd in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 239th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Irish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Robert McClure ranks 466 out of 498. Before him are George Grey, Henry Seebohm, Tom Crean, Edgar Evans, Aleksandra Potanina, and John Colter. After him are Hubert Wilkins, Samuel Hearne, Robert O'Hara Burke, Louis Hennepin, Oscar Baumann, and Louis-Gustave Binger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Robert McClure ranks 55. Before him are Arnold Henry Guyot, Bernhard Horwitz, John Greenleaf Whittier, Peter Hardeman Burnett, David Rice Atchison, and Ira Aldridge. After him are James Abbott, and Henry Sewell. Among people deceased in 1873, Robert McClure ranks 80. Before him are Gustav Rose, John Torrey, Charles Allston Collins, Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, George-Étienne Cartier, and Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz. After him are Hamilton Hume, William J. Hardee, and John W. Geary.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Robert McClure ranks 304 out of 549. Before him are Evanna Lynch (1991), Albert Reynolds (1932), Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906), Frank O'Farrell (1927), Peter Sutherland (1946), and Anne Buttimer (1938). After him are Harry Clarke (1889), William Desmond Taylor (1872), Robert O'Hara Burke (1821), William Carr (1876), Charlie Murphy (1988), and Ronan Keating (1977).

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Among EXPLORERS In Ireland

Among explorers born in Ireland, Robert McClure ranks 7. Before him are Ernest Shackleton (1874), Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810), Edward Bransfield (1785), Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie (1815), Henry Kellett (1806), and Tom Crean (1877). After him are Robert O'Hara Burke (1821).

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