# Ben Carlin

> Frederick Benjamin Carlin was an Australian adventurer who was the first person to circumnavigate the world in an amphibious vehicle. Born in Northam, Western Australia, Carlin attended Guildford Grammar School in Perth, and later studied mining engineering at the Kalgoorlie School of Mines. After qualifying as an engineer, he worked on the Goldfields before emigrating to China in 1939 to work in a British coal mine. In World War II, Carlin was posted to the Indian Army Corps of Engineers, serving in India, Italy, and throughout the Middle East. After his discharge from service in 1946, he emigrated to the United States with his American wife, Elinore.

*Australian engineer and adventurer (1912-1981)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Australia
- **Born:** 1912-07-27
- **Died:** 1981-03-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 9.3 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.7 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [本·卡林](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%AC%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E6%9E%97)
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- [Ben Carlin](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carlin)
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- [Карлин, Бен](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4885392)

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