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William Smith

1790 - 1847

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William Smith (c. 1790–1847) was an English captain born in Blyth, Northumberland, who discovered the South Shetland Islands, an archipelago off the Graham Land in Antarctica. His discovery was the first ever made south of 60° south latitude, in the present Antarctic Treaty area. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Smith is the 279th most popular explorer (down from 256th in 2019), the 2,466th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,098th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, William Smith ranks 279 out of 498. Before him are Pyotr Kozlov, Grigory Shelikhov, Charles Wilkes, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Richard Chancellor, and László Almásy. After him are Pierre Poivre, Willem de Vlamingh, Estêvão Gomes, Ludwig Leichhardt, Freya Stark, and Ivan Papanin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, William Smith ranks 30. Before him are Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Ferdinand Raimund, Simon von Stampfer, Letitia Christian Tyler, Juan Álvarez, and Manuel Blanco Encalada. After him are Johann Jakob Heckel, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger, John Cockerill, James Pradier, Juan Lindo, and Ghezo. Among people deceased in 1847, William Smith ranks 28. Before him are Josef Jungmann, Robert Liston, Karl Friedrich Burdach, Marie Antoinette Murat, Friedrich von Gärtner, and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen. After him are Thiệu Trị, Daniel O'Connell, Erik Gustaf Geijer, Alexey Venetsianov, Tyagaraja, and Abbasgulu Bakikhanov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Smith ranks 2,467 out of 8,785. Before him are Francis Beaumont (1584), Carl Palmer (1950), Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1758), Martin Fowler (1963), Tessa Jowell (1947), and Albert Austin (1881). After him are Michelle Fairley (1964), John Robertson (1953), John Aubrey (1626), Divina Galica (1944), John Oliver (1977), and Eddie Irvine (1965).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, William Smith ranks 34. Before him are James Bruce (1730), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), Douglas Mawson (1882), John Rolfe (1585), Mark Sykes (1879), and Richard Chancellor (1521). After him are Anthony Jenkinson (1529), John Byron (1723), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), John McDouall Stuart (1815), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), and Hugh Clapperton (1788).

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