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Alfred Escher

1819 - 1882

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Johann Heinrich Alfred Escher vom Glas, also known as Alfred Escher (20 February 1819 – 6 December 1882), was a Swiss politician, business leader and railway pioneer. Thanks to his numerous political posts and his significant role in the foundation and management of the Swiss Northeastern Railway, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Credit Suisse, Swiss Life and the Gotthard Railway, Escher had an unmatched influence on Switzerland's political and economic development in the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Escher has received more than 183,415 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Alfred Escher is the 7,444th most popular politician (up from 7,750th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 212th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Swiss Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alfred Escher ranks 7,444 out of 15,577Before him are Sidónio Pais, Valdis Zatlers, Antanas Merkys, Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, Jamasp, and Beatrice of Luxembourg. After him are Henry I of Cyprus, Thomas Bérard, Duncan II of Scotland, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and Rutilius Claudius Namatianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Alfred Escher ranks 39Before him are Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Christopher Latham Sholes, Felice Orsini, Wilhelm Marr, and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. After him are Estanislao Figueras, Narcís Monturiol, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Gustave de Molinari, and Franz Abt. Among people deceased in 1882, Alfred Escher ranks 32Before him are Karl-Maria Kertbeny, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Hill Green, Henry Draper, Joachim Raff, and Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are Estanislao Figueras, John Nelson Darby, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, János Arany, Berthold Auerbach, and Friedrich von Lütke.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Alfred Escher ranks 193 out of 876Before him are Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817), Joachim Raff (1822), Robert Miles (1969), Adolphe Appia (1862), Ruth Dreifuss (1940), and Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884). After him are Joanna of Pfirt (1300), Marc Allégret (1900), Frithjof Schuon (1907), Daniel Peter (1836), Emil Brunner (1889), and Ignazio Cassis (1961).

Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Alfred Escher ranks 27Before him are Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886), Jonas Furrer (1805), Leonardo Conti (1900), Alexander Schallenberg (1969), Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (1945), and Ruth Dreifuss (1940). After him are Joanna of Pfirt (1300), Ignazio Cassis (1961), Pascal Couchepin (1942), Ubol Ratana (1951), Louis of Cyprus (1436), and Matilda of Habsburg (1253).