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Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet

1764 - 1848

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Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1764 – 23 November 1848) was an English geographer, linguist, writer and civil servant best known for serving as the Second Secretary to the Admiralty from 1804 until 1845. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet is the 144th most popular explorer (up from 437th in 2019), the 1,336th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,125th in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 144 out of 498. Before him are George W. De Long, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Ranulph Fiennes, Pedro Mascarenhas, Adam Olearius, and Afanasy Nikitin. After him are Gan Ying, Samuel Wallis, Semyon Dezhnev, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Jean Chardin, and Isabella Bird.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 8. Before him are Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Ann Radcliffe, José Gervasio Artigas, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, and John Goodricke. After him are Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Fletcher Christian, Alexander Mackenzie, Nikolai Rezanov, Barbara von Krüdener, and Johann Gottfried Schadow. Among people deceased in 1848, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 20. Before him are Mohammad Shah Qajar, Khachatur Abovian, Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Joseph Mohr, and James Dunlop. After him are Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Thomas Cole, John Jacob Astor, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, and Frederick Marryat.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 1,336 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Wyatt (1945), Ewan McGregor (1971), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), Alan Baker (1939), John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), and John Nettles (1943). After him are Boy George (1961), J. B. S. Haldane (1892), George Atwood (1745), Frederick Browning (1896), Tony Atkinson (1944), and Joseph Addison (1672).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet ranks 21. Before him are Robert FitzRoy (1805), James Clark Ross (1800), Thomas Cavendish (1560), George Vancouver (1757), Mary Kingsley (1862), and Ranulph Fiennes (1944). After him are Samuel Wallis (1728), Isabella Bird (1831), Martin Frobisher (1535), Edward Wilson (1872), Matthew Flinders (1774), and John Marshall (1748).

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