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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 him in pursuit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boston Corbett has received more than 1,376,457 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Boston Corbett is the 1,408th most popular military personnel (down from 1,228th in 2019), the 2,922nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,607th in 2019) and the 75th most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 48.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Boston Corbett ranks 1,408 out of 1,468. Before him are Nadezhda Popova, Alan Cunningham, Friedrich von Ingenohl, Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Edward Braddock, and Irvin McDowell. After him are George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, Christopher Cradock, Philotas, Bipin Rawat, Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana, and Arnold Meri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Boston Corbett ranks 65. Before him are Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, Leslie Stephen, Pavel Chistyakov, Sergey Botkin, Max Lange, and Caroline Harrison. After him are Nikiforos Lytras, Miroslav Tyrš, Juan Montalvo, Léon Gautier, Carl Neumann, and Victor Meirelles. Among people deceased in 1894, Boston Corbett ranks 59. Before him are Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Maria Deraismes, Heinrich Karl Brugsch, Karl von Blaas, Caterina Volpicelli, and Edmond Frémy. After him are William Dwight Whitney, Verney Lovett Cameron, Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Juan N. Méndez, Gillis Bildt, and Jubal Early.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Boston Corbett ranks 2,922 out of 7,765. Before him are Toby Stephens (1969), Davy Jones (1945), Marc Almond (1957), Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), Martin Peters (1943), and Anne McLaren (1927). After him are Jonathan Wild (1683), Jason Flemyng (1966), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), Wulfhere of Mercia (650), Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), and Chris Waddle (1960).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Boston Corbett ranks 75. Before him are John Burgoyne (1722), Ronald Speirs (1920), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Lawrence Oates (1880), Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436), and Edward Braddock (1695). After him are George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), Christopher Cradock (1862), Roy Urquhart (1901), Thomas Gage (1719), Tom Phillips (1888), and John Moore (1761).

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