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Arthur Phillip

1738 - 1814

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Arthur Phillip (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales. Phillip was educated at Greenwich Hospital School from June 1751 until December 1753. He then became an apprentice on the whaling ship Fortune. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Phillip has received more than 1,057,741 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Arthur Phillip is the 7,517th most popular politician (up from 8,693rd in 2019), the 1,486th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,836th in 2019) and the 240th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

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  • 56.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arthur Phillip ranks 7,517 out of 19,576. Before him are Fyodor Okhlopkov, Mandukhai, Jusuf Kalla, Hyon Yong-chol, Jacques Cœur, and Zillur Rahman. After him are Deng Yingchao, Jan Tschichold, Nominoe, Alfred Escher, Xiomara Castro, and Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Arthur Phillip ranks 11. Before him are Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Túpac Amaru II, Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Ethan Allen, and Thomas Abbt. After him are Jacques François Dugommier, Aleijadinho, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Johann Hermann, Benjamin West, and Richard Montgomery. Among people deceased in 1814, Arthur Phillip ranks 13. Before him are Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Louis-Sébastien Mercier. After him are Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, Aleijadinho, Georg Joseph Vogler, Matthew Flinders, Elbridge Gerry, and Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Phillip ranks 1,486 out of 8,785. Before him are John Lindley (1799), Iain Glen (1961), John Rolfe (1585), Vince Clarke (1960), Sam Mendes (1965), and Arthur Rackham (1867). After him are Jeff Lynne (1947), Vera Lynn (1917), George Smith (1840), Roger Byrne (1929), John Henry Poynting (1852), and Henry Pelham (1694).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Arthur Phillip ranks 240. Before him are Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), and Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473). After him are Henry Pelham (1694), Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373), John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), Edward the Exile (1016), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), and William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (1720).

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