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Alfred Francis Russell

1817 - 1884

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Alfred Francis Russell (August 25, 1817 – April 4, 1884) was an Americo-Liberian missionary, planter, and politician who served as tenth president of Liberia from 1883 to 1884 after serving as vice-president under Anthony William Gardiner, whom he succeeded as president. Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Russell was emancipated in 1833 (with his mother Amelie "Milly" Crawford) by their mistress Mary Owen Todd Russell Wickliffe (Russell's grandmother through his white father). Wickliffe also emancipated his cousin, Lucretia Russell, and her four children. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Francis Russell has received more than 72,777 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Alfred Francis Russell is the 14,059th most popular politician (up from 15,005th in 2019), the 6,285th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,948th in 2019) and the 404th most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

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  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 14,059 out of 19,576. Before him are Wojciech Fibak, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Arsames I, Baji Rao II, Alexander Chervyakov, and Johnny Briceño. After him are Gustav Neumann, Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster, Asander, Peter Georg Bang, Piedad Córdoba, and Martial Célestin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 70. Before him are Richard Dadd, Ernest Hébert, José María Ventura Casas, Florian Ceynowa, Alexandros Koumoundouros, and Heinrich von Sybel. After him are Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Christen Andreas Fonnesbech, Richard S. Ewell, Palladius, and Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio. Among people deceased in 1884, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 58. Before him are Carlo Alberto Castigliano, Jean-Augustin Barral, Andon Bedros IX Hassoun, Buenaventura Báez, Daniel Harrwitz, and Heinrich Göppert. After him are Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Judah P. Benjamin, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Menyhért Lónyay, and Heinrich Laube.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 6,285 out of 20,380. Before him are Jackson Showalter (1860), Terry Melcher (1942), Ted DiBiase (1954), Justin Chambers (1970), Nicholas Meyer (1945), and Harry Beaumont (1888). After him are Blind Blake (1893), David Doyle (1929), Leif Erickson (1911), Bert Roach (1891), Scott Eastwood (1986), and Nolan Ryan (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Alfred Francis Russell ranks 404. Before him are Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820), Gray Davis (1942), Alf Landon (1887), Henry Lee III (1756), Caroline Harrison (1832), and John W. Foster (1836). After him are Edward Livingston (1764), Sarah Childress Polk (1803), Paul H. O'Neill (1935), Letitia Christian Tyler (1790), Marvin Hart (1876), and Stephen Hopkins (1707).

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