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Simon Fraser

1776 - 1862

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Simon Fraser (20 May 1776 – 18 August 1862) was a Canadian explorer and fur trader who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. He also built the first European settlement in British Columbia. Employed by the Montreal-based North West Company, he had been by 1805 put in charge of all of the company's operations west of the Rocky Mountains. He was responsible for building that area's first trading posts, and in 1808, he explored what is now known as the Fraser River, which bears his name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Fraser is the 194th most popular explorer (down from 174th in 2019), the 2,969th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,382nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Simon Fraser ranks 194 out of 498. Before him are James Bruce, Annie Londonderry, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Alexander Mackenzie, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, and Gaspar Corte-Real. After him are Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Nikolai Rezanov, James Weddell, Don Walsh, and Francisco de Montejo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Simon Fraser ranks 19. Before him are Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Pehr Henrik Ling, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, and Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck. After him are Vasily Tropinin, Peter Barlow, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Friedrich Stromeyer, Jean Lafitte, and Joseph Görres. Among people deceased in 1862, Simon Fraser ranks 23. Before him are Carl Ludwig Blume, Karl Nesselrode, Henry Thomas Buckle, Ludwig Uhland, Jeanne Duval, and Johann Nestroy. After him are Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Peter Barlow, François Sudre, Ignacio Zaragoza, and Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Simon Fraser ranks 2,969 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Greene (1945), Mary Parker Follett (1868), Lil Jon (1971), Joseph Dunford (1955), Elbridge Gerry (1744), and Ben Johnson (1918). After him are John Hancock (1737), Jess McMahon (1882), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), Philly Joe Jones (1923), Clark L. Hull (1884), and William Klein (1928).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Simon Fraser ranks 12. Before him are Calamity Jane (1852), Hugh Glass (1783), Michael Rockefeller (1938), Chris McCandless (1968), Frederick Cook (1865), and George W. De Long (1844). After him are Don Walsh (1931), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Jimmie Angel (1899), Louise Arner Boyd (1887), Ada Blackjack (1898), and Jedediah Smith (1799).

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