MILITARY PERSONNEL

Boston Corbett

1832 - 1894

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Sergeant Thomas H. "Boston" Corbett (January 29, 1832 – disappeared c. May 26, 1888) was an English-born American soldier and milliner who killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln on April 26, 1865. Known for his devout religious beliefs and eccentric behavior, Corbett was reportedly a good soldier and had been a prisoner of war at Andersonville Prison. Corbett shot and mortally wounded Booth when his regiment surrounded the barn Booth was hiding in. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boston Corbett has received more than 1,638,716 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Boston Corbett is the 1,767th most popular military personnel (down from 1,407th in 2019), the 3,447th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,914th in 2019) and the 91st most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Boston Corbett ranks 1,767 out of 2,058. Before him are Mahamat Déby, Serhiy Shaptala, Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Jonathan M. Wainwright, and John Byng. After him are Johannes Block, James Jesus Angleton, Eddie Chapman, Ruben Lagus, John Shalikashvili, and Bazilio Olara-Okello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Boston Corbett ranks 80. Before him are Juan Montalvo, Victor Meirelles, Eugenio Montero Ríos, Caroline Harrison, Heinrich Gerber, and Zsófia Torma. After him are Adalbert Krueger, Horatio Alger, Léon Gautier, William Thomas Blanford, Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero, and Gyula Szapáry. Among people deceased in 1894, Boston Corbett ranks 71. Before him are Karl von Blaas, Baron Karl von Hasenauer, Verney Lovett Cameron, Brian Houghton Hodgson, William Dwight Whitney, and Edmond Frémy. After him are Joseph Schröter, Adolf Friedrich von Schack, George Romanes, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Victor Duruy, and George Inness.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Boston Corbett ranks 3,447 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), Billy McNeill (1940), and John Byng (1704). After him are Jill Esmond (1908), Jane Lapotaire (1944), Kyle Walker (1990), Henry de Bracton (1210), Eddie Chapman (1914), and Maureen Starkey Tigrett (1946).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Boston Corbett ranks 91. Before him are Harry Patch (1898), James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), Flora Sandes (1876), Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), Miles Dempsey (1896), and John Byng (1704). After him are Eddie Chapman (1914), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), John Moore (1761), Dudley Pound (1877), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), and Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591).

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