George Back
Sign in to saveAlso known as Admiral Sir Back, Sir George Back
British Royal Navy admiral (1796–1878)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Reise Durch Nord-Amerika Bis Zur Mündung des Großen Fischflusses
- Narrative of an Expedition in HMS Terror
- Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean
- Narrative Of An Expedition In Hms Terror Undertaken With A View To Geographical
- Narrative of an Expedition on HMS Terror
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1685-02-23
- Active to
- 1759-04-14
baroquebritishbritish composerclassicalcomposerenglish
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,651x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 47,778x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,678x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,049x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 26,949x
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- Commons category
- George Back
- date of birth
- 1796-00-00
- date of death
- 1878-01-01
- Commons Creator page
- George Back
- name in native language
- George Back
- start of work period
- 1800-01-01
- end of work period
- 1900-01-01
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to George Back, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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1796 births1878 deaths19th-century British explorers19th-century Canadian paintersBritish explorers of the ArcticBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish polar explorersBritish prisoners of war in the Napoleonic WarsCanadian male paintersEnglish entomologistsEnglish explorers of North AmericaExplorers of CanadaKnights BachelorMilitary personnel from ManchesterNapoleonic Wars prisoners of war held by FrancePeople educated at Stockport Grammar SchoolPeople from StockportPersons of National Historic Significance (Canada)Recipients of the Royal Geographical Society Founder's MedalRoyal Navy admiralsRoyal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars