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Benjamin Sheares

1907 - 1981

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Benjamin Henry Sheares (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981) was a Singaporean physician and academic who served as the second president of Singapore from 1971 until his death in 1981. Of Eurasian descent, Sheares was born in Singapore under British rule and graduated from the King Edward VII College of Medicine. He studied obstetrics and gynaecology and worked as an obstetrician at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH), eventually serving as the Acting Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Malaya in Singapore. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Sheares has received more than 405,705 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Sheares is the 14,328th most popular politician (down from 12,571st in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Singapore (down from 11th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Singaporean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Benjamin Sheares ranks 14,328 out of 19,576. Before him are Walter Behrendt, Jean Batten, Hrvoje Horvat, Isaak Zelensky, Sarduri IV, and Dominique Mbonyumutwa. After him are Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Henri Alexis Brialmont, Joaquín Suárez, Kim Hwang-sik, František Ladislav Rieger, and José Gregorio Monagas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Benjamin Sheares ranks 272. Before him are Crisant Bosch, Andrei Glanzmann, Raymond Abellio, Walter Nausch, George Baird, and Reino Kuuskoski. After him are Vitaliano Brancati, Leigh Harline, Adelaide Lambert, Ethel Lackie, Eugène Chaboud, and Eugène Guillevic. Among people deceased in 1981, Benjamin Sheares ranks 184. Before him are Constantin Rădulescu, Cláudio Coutinho, Nils Asther, Sergio Amidei, Crisant Bosch, and Gustaf Dyrssen. After him are Aleksandra Beļcova, Esteban Canal, Julio Quintana, Bob Hite, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., and Mary Lou Williams.

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In Singapore

Among people born in Singapore, Benjamin Sheares ranks 15 out of 42. Before him are Wu Lien-teh (1879), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), Ho Ching (1953), and Julia Nickson (1958). After him are Ong Teng Cheong (1936), Leslie Charteris (1907), Terry Butcher (1958), Edward Craven Walker (1918), Abu Bakar of Johor (1833), and Fann Wong (1971).

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Among POLITICIANS In Singapore

Among politicians born in Singapore, Benjamin Sheares ranks 12. Before him are Parameswara (1344), S. R. Nathan (1924), Wee Kim Wee (1915), Tharman Shanmugaratnam (1957), Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (1952), and Ho Ching (1953). After him are Abu Bakar of Johor (1833), and David Marshall (1908).

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