POLITICIAN

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 197,540 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Escher is the 7,521st most popular politician (down from 7,424th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 193rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular Swiss Politician.

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  • 200k

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  • 62.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alfred Escher ranks 7,521 out of 19,576. Before him are Jacques Cœur, Zillur Rahman, Arthur Phillip, Deng Yingchao, Jan Tschichold, and Nominoe. After him are Xiomara Castro, Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia, Chimalpopoca, Maurice Yaméogo, Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, and Zu Ding.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Alfred Escher ranks 40. Before him are Roger Fenton, Felice Orsini, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Franz Abt, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, and Otto Wilhelm von Struve. After him are Estanislao Figueras, Gustave de Molinari, Tirimüjgan Kadın, Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Christopher Latham Sholes, and Eunice Newton Foote. Among people deceased in 1882, Alfred Escher ranks 30. Before him are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, Karl-Maria Kertbeny, Joachim Raff, and Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are Anthony Trollope, Estanislao Figueras, Jørgen Moe, Thomas Hill Green, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, and János Arany.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Alfred Escher ranks 203 out of 1,015. Before him are Julius Maggi (1846), Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (1945), André Abegglen (1909), Adrian Frutiger (1928), Victor Goldschmidt (1888), and Lucien Favre (1957). After him are Ivan Rakitić (1988), Guy Parmelin (1959), Carlo Fontana (1638), Ruth Dreifuss (1940), Ubol Ratana (1951), and Andy Hug (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In Switzerland

Among politicians born in Switzerland, Alfred Escher ranks 28. Before him are Jonas Furrer (1805), Hans Martin Sutermeister (1907), Simonetta Sommaruga (1960), Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886), Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou (1420), and Leonardo Conti (1900). After him are Guy Parmelin (1959), Ruth Dreifuss (1940), Ubol Ratana (1951), Alain Berset (1972), Pascal Couchepin (1942), and Louis of Cyprus (1436).

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