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Cornelis Lely

1854 - 1929

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Cornelis Lely (Dutch pronunciation: [kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈleːli]; 23 September 1854 – 22 January 1929) was a Dutch politician of the Liberal Union and civil engineer. He oversaw the passage of an act of parliament authorising construction of the Zuiderzee Works, a huge project – designed to his own plans – that turned the Zuiderzee into a lake and made possible the conversion of a vast area of former seabed into dry land. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornelis Lely has received more than 80,630 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Cornelis Lely is the 12,501st most popular politician (down from 11,443rd in 2019), the 598th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 521st in 2019) and the 90th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cornelis Lely ranks 12,501 out of 19,576. Before him are Cai Qi, Uchida Kōsai, Ernst Fast, Jenő Fuchs, Elisabeth of Sicily, Duchess of Bavaria, and Aman Tuleyev. After him are Hertta Kuusinen, Francesco Contarini, John V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, Trần Trọng Kim, and Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Cornelis Lely ranks 79. Before him are Maria Zankovetska, Giovanni Battista Grassi, Sergei Shchukin, Johan Turi, Jenny Nyström, and Jules Gilliéron. After him are Yehuda Pen, Joan Alcover, Nikolai Ruzsky, Alexandru Macedonski, L. A. Ring, and Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt. Among people deceased in 1929, Cornelis Lely ranks 90. Before him are Agner Krarup Erlang, Ivo Vojnović, Otto Binswanger, Ernest Mason Satow, Julio Antonio Mella, and Basil III of Constantinople. After him are Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, Paul Leni, Sadhu Sundar Singh, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Heinrich Zille, and Arno Holz.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Cornelis Lely ranks 598 out of 1,646. Before him are Mary of Guelders (1434), Martin Jol (1956), Bernardus Johannes Alfrink (1900), Nigel de Jong (1984), Netti Witziers-Timmer (1923), and Pleun Strik (1944). After him are Wim Kieft (1962), Adriaan van Maanen (1884), C. George Boeree (1952), Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1691), Memphis Depay (1994), and Evert van Aelst (1602).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Cornelis Lely ranks 90. Before him are Hendrikus Colijn (1869), Willem Schermerhorn (1894), Pieter van Vollenhoven (1939), Max van der Stoel (1924), Neelie Kroes (1941), and Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794). After him are Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1691), Victor Marijnen (1917), Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692), Jan de Quay (1901), Badr Hari (1984), and Jo Cals (1914).

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