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Tim Severin

1940 - 2020

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Timothy Severin (25 September 1940 – 18 December 2020) was a British explorer, historian, and writer. Severin was noted for his work in retracing the legendary journeys of historical figures. Severin was awarded both the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society and the Livingstone Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. He received the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for his 1982 book The Sindbad Voyage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tim Severin is the 433rd most popular explorer (up from 435th in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from India (down from 693rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Tim Severin ranks 433 out of 498. Before him are Finn Ronne, Ivan Moskvitin, François Levaillant, Anthony de la Roché, Sverre Hassel, and Frederick Russell Burnham. After him are Alfred Maudslay, Johann Ludwig Krapf, Carl Koldewey, Tobias Furneaux, Mikhail Somov, and Vassili Poyarkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Tim Severin ranks 445. Before him are Kōkichi Tsuburaya, James Brady, Whitney Smith, Reinhard Furrer, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, and Richard Marcinko. After him are Carl von Essen, Willi Holdorf, Franco Balmamion, Leonid Osyka, György Sarlós, and Robert Blust. Among people deceased in 2020, Tim Severin ranks 540. Before him are Sergei Slonimsky, Karl Dall, Aileen Baviera, Horst Meyer, Boris Klyuyev, and Giorgi Shengelaia. After him are Cabeção, Willi Holdorf, Aleksandr Aksinin, Fritz d'Orey, Norman I. Platnick, and Ali Bozer.

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In India

Among people born in India, Tim Severin ranks 729 out of 1,861. Before him are Muthulakshmi Reddy (1886), Sanjay Dutt (1959), Homai Vyarawalla (1913), Jeetendra (1942), Randhir Kapoor (1947), and Anil Ambani (1959). After him are Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924), Saeed Jaffrey (1929), Alivardi Khan (1671), Birju Maharaj (1937), Bano Qudsia (1928), and Venkaiah Naidu (1949).

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Among EXPLORERS In India

Among explorers born in India, Tim Severin ranks 3. Before him are Nain Singh (1830), and Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1858). After him are Charles Sturt (1795).

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