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Andrew Dickson White

1832 - 1918

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Andrew Dickson White (November 7, 1832 – November 4, 1918) was an American historian and educator who co-founded Cornell University, one of eight Ivy League universities in the United States, and served as its first president for nearly two decades. He was known for expanding the scope of college curricula. A politician, he had served as New York state senator and was later appointed as U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Dickson White has received more than 274,158 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Andrew Dickson White is the 3,516th most popular politician (up from 3,727th in 2019), the 1,113th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,227th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Politician.

Andrew Dickson White was an American historian and educator. He is most famous for his two-volume "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom" which is a history of the conflict between religion and science.

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  • 26

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Over the past year Andrew Dickson White has had the most page views in the with 43,060 views, followed by Chinese (2,421), and Russian (2,188). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (109.83%), Pashto (76.71%), and Danish (75.09%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andrew Dickson White ranks 3,516 out of 19,576. Before him are Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Jomo Kenyatta, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Emperor Kinmei, and Emperor Kōgen. After him are Lycurgus of Athens, Ernst vom Rath, Henry II, Duke of Austria, Alfonso II of Asturias, Antiochus VIII Grypus, and Emperor Seimu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Andrew Dickson White ranks 19. Before him are Louisa May Alcott, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Jules Ferry, Ármin Vámbéry, George, King of Saxony, and Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia. After him are Osman Nuri Pasha, Michel Bréal, Felice Beato, Alfred von Waldersee, Wilhelm Busch, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier. Among people deceased in 1918, Andrew Dickson White ranks 40. Before him are Arrigo Boito, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Frank Wedekind, Lili Boulanger, István Tisza, and Eusebi Güell. After him are Anna Dostoevskaya, Emil Jellinek, Stepan Shaumian, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Julius Wellhausen, and Koloman Moser.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew Dickson White ranks 1,113 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary Ainsworth (1913), Richard Serra (1939), Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Edmund Phelps (1933), Meir Kahane (1932), and Mark Wahlberg (1971). After him are Robert W. Holley (1922), Meg Ryan (1961), Shelley Duvall (1949), Lewis A. Swift (1820), Suzi Quatro (1950), and James Gandolfini (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Andrew Dickson White ranks 93. Before him are Jack Kemp (1935), Dred Scott (1795), Janet Yellen (1946), Mike Pence (1959), Laura Bush (1946), and Meir Kahane (1932). After him are Gina Haspel (1956), Lloyd Austin (1953), Susan Wojcicki (1968), George Papandreou (1952), Allen Dulles (1893), and Tecumseh (1768).

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