EXPLORER

Samuel Hearne

1745 - 1792

Photo of Samuel Hearne

Icon of person Samuel Hearne

Samuel Hearne (February 1745 – November 1792) was an English explorer, fur-trader, author and naturalist. He was the first European to make an overland excursion across northern Canada to the Arctic Ocean, specifically to Coronation Gulf, via the Coppermine River. In 1774, Hearne built Cumberland House for the Hudson's Bay Company, its second interior trading post after Henley House and the first permanent settlement in present Saskatchewan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Hearne is the 468th most popular explorer (up from 478th in 2019), the 5,059th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,415th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular British Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Samuel Hearne by language

Loading...

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Samuel Hearne ranks 468 out of 498. Before him are Tom Crean, Edgar Evans, Aleksandra Potanina, John Colter, Robert McClure, and Hubert Wilkins. After him are Robert O'Hara Burke, Louis Hennepin, Oscar Baumann, Louis-Gustave Binger, Thomas Button, and Sarat Chandra Das.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Samuel Hearne ranks 51. Before him are Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Oliver Ellsworth, John Jeffries, Sydney Parkinson, William Paterson, and Madhavrao I. After him are Anthony Wayne, Hannah More, and Caleb Strong. Among people deceased in 1792, Samuel Hearne ranks 38. Before him are René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, John Paul Jones, Charles Simon Favart, Davit Guramishvili, George Mason, and Paul Möhring.

Others Born in 1745

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1792

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Hearne ranks 5,061 out of 8,785. Before him are Colin Greenwood (1969), Taylor Wane (1968), Ali Smith (1962), Adam Godley (1964), Rupert Holmes (1947), and Paul Nihill (1939). After him are Richie Hawtin (1970), Matthew Lewis (1989), Julian Barbour (1937), James Whitbread Lee Glaisher (1848), Jarvis Cocker (1963), and Simon Fuller (1960).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Hearne ranks 72. Before him are Ed Stafford (1975), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), Allan Cunningham (1791), Edgeworth David (1858), Henry Seebohm (1832), and Edgar Evans (1876). After him are Thomas Button (1575), Henry Robertson Bowers (1883), Bartholomew Gosnold (1572), Harry Johnston (1858), David Thompson (1770), and Ellen MacArthur (1976).

British born Explorers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous