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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 238,135 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury is the 3,861st most popular politician (up from 3,882nd in 2019), the 849th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 884th in 2019) and the 148th 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 3,861 out of 15,577Before him are Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, Askar Akayev, Albert VI, Archduke of Austria, Princess Alexandrine of Baden, Teispes, and Empress Jingū. After him are Bernabò Visconti, Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Anna Dostoevskaya, Chadli Bendjedid, Daemusin of Goguryeo, and Salva Kiir Mayardit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1671, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 8Before him are John Law, Frederick IV of Denmark, Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Rob Roy MacGregor, and Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. After him are Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I, Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Johann Christoph Bach, Luigi Guido Grandi, and Antoine Forqueray. Among people deceased in 1713, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 5Before him are Arcangelo Corelli, Frederick I of Prussia, Juraj Jánošík, and Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany. After him are Jean Chardin, Carlo Maratta, Jahandar Shah, Michael II Apafi, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, 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 849 out of 7,765Before him are Richard Hamilton (1922), Anthony James Leggett (1938), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), John Cale (1942), John Cockcroft (1897), and Damon Hill (1960). After him are Albert Pierrepoint (1905), W. H. Auden (1907), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), William Penn (1645), and William John Macquorn Rankine (1820).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 148Before him are Philip Noel-Baker (1889), Denis Thatcher (1915), Malcolm III of Scotland (1031), Joseph Chamberlain (1836), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), and Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764). After him are Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), William Penn (1645), Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), and Duncan I of Scotland (1001).