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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

1671 - 1713

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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (26 February 1671 – 16 February 1713) was an English peer, Whig politician, philosopher and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury has received more than 255,693 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury is the 4,481st most popular politician (down from 3,851st in 2019), the 903rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 848th in 2019) and the 159th most popular British Politician.

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury is most famous for being an English politician and philosopher. He was a member of Parliament and authored several works including Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 4,481 out of 19,576. Before him are Amyrtaeus, Amytis of Media, V. V. Giri, Tassos Papadopoulos, Francis II, Duke of Brittany, and Arbogast. After him are Iry-Hor, Duan Qirui, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours, Aaron Burr, and Abdul Halim of Kedah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1671, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 9. Before him are Frederick IV of Denmark, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen. After him are Rob Roy MacGregor, Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Johann Christoph Bach, Luigi Guido Grandi, Antoine Forqueray, and Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1713, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 5. Before him are Frederick I of Prussia, Arcangelo Corelli, Juraj Jánošík, and Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany. After him are Jean Chardin, Carlo Maratta, Jahandar Shah, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Michael II Apafi, Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 903 out of 8,785. Before him are Petula Clark (1932), Eadgyth (910), George Vancouver (1757), Robert III of Scotland (1330), Gary Lineker (1960), and Edward Burne-Jones (1833). After him are Danny Boyle (1956), Duncan I of Scotland (1001), Van Morrison (1945), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), James Anderson (1680), and Freeman Dyson (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 159. Before him are Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1484), Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), Philip Noel-Baker (1889), Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), and Robert III of Scotland (1330). After him are Duncan I of Scotland (1001), David I of Scotland (1084), Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868), William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779), William Penn (1645), and Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388).

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