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Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone

1874 - 1957

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Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George; born Prince Alexander of Teck; 14 April 1874 – 16 January 1957), was a member of the extended British royal family, as a great-grandson of King George III, a brother of Queen Mary, uncle to the Kings Edward VIII and George VI, and the husband of Princess Alice of Albany. He was a British Army commander, who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and Governor General of Canada. Prince Alexander was born in London to Francis, Duke of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge and was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone has received more than 837,704 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone is the 10,512th most popular politician (up from 10,708th in 2019), the 2,163rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,325th in 2019) and the 328th most popular British Politician.

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  • 53.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ranks 10,512 out of 19,576. Before him are Sutan Sjahrir, Robert Blum, Boris Mikhailov, Leo Ryan, Duchess Frederica of Württemberg, and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. After him are José Vasconcelos, Antigenes, Detention of Mark Bernstein, Oleg I of Chernigov, Hierocles, and Elizabeth Granowska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ranks 107. Before him are Nicolae Rădescu, Rudolf Maister, Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar, Oskar Nedbal, Johan Gunnar Andersson, and Georges Lefebvre. After him are Ricardo Flores Magón, Viggo Jensen, Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Bahaeddin Şakir, Krste Misirkov, and Charles-Louis Philippe. Among people deceased in 1957, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ranks 112. Before him are Karl Genzken, Abolqasem Lahouti, Bertha Krupp, José Linhares, Marija Jurić Zagorka, and Avetik Isahakyan. After him are Georges Hébert, Théophile de Donder, Alexander Vertinsky, Elia Abu Madi, Luigi Ganna, and Ferenc Hirzer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ranks 2,163 out of 8,785. Before him are Steve Jones (1955), Charles Kingsley (1819), Thomas Otway (1652), Claude Choules (1901), Anthony Jenkinson (1529), and J. F. C. Fuller (1878). After him are William Kingdon Clifford (1845), Angela Carter (1940), Robert Burton (1577), Naomie Harris (1976), Nevil Maskelyne (1732), and Wendy Hiller (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ranks 328. Before him are Edmund Crouchback (1245), Catherine Carey (1523), William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748), Rosamund Clifford (1150), Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914), and Bobby Sands (1954). After him are Henry Percy (1364), Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), Joseph Lancaster (1778), Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), and William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773).

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