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Damrong Rajanubhab

1862 - 1943

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Prince Tisavarakumara, the Prince Damrong Rajanubhab (Thai: สมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าดิศวรกุมาร กรมพระยาดำรงราชานุภาพ; RTGS: Ditsawarakuman Damrongrachanuphap) (21 June 1862 – 1 December 1943) was the founder of the modern Thai educational system as well as the modern provincial administration. He was an autodidact, a (self-taught) historian, and one of the most influential Thai intellectuals of his time. Born as Phra Ong Chao Tisavarakumara (พระองค์เจ้าดิศวรกุมาร; "Prince Tisavarakumarn"), a son of King Mongkut with Consort Chum (เจ้าจอมมารดาชุ่ม; Chao Chom Manda Chum), a lesser royal wife; he initially learned Thai and Pali from private tutors, and English at the Royal School with Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damrong Rajanubhab has received more than 97,932 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Damrong Rajanubhab is the 13,028th most popular politician (down from 12,780th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Thailand (down from 60th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Thai Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Damrong Rajanubhab ranks 13,028 out of 19,576. Before him are Dezső Gyarmati, Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, and Ely Ould Mohamed Vall. After him are Andrey Lukanov, Antonín Švehla, Karl Neukirch, Kadashman-harbe I, William Ruto, and Manuel Quintana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Damrong Rajanubhab ranks 114. Before him are Edward Granville Browne, Aleksander Kakowski, Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Hermann Gunkel, Émile Coste, and John R. Commons. After him are Ida B. Wells, Theodor Fischer, Maironis, Florence Bascom, Meliton Balanchivadze, and M. R. James. Among people deceased in 1943, Damrong Rajanubhab ranks 141. Before him are Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, Kočo Racin, A. Merritt, Dora Gerson, Kristjan Raud, and Kiyotsugu Hirayama. After him are Charley Paddock, Heinrich Zimmer, Walter Thiel, Eugeniusz Bodo, Lucien Démanet, and Rihard Jakopič.

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In Thailand

Among people born in Thailand, Damrong Rajanubhab ranks 67 out of 186. Before him are Sunthorn Phu (1786), Rambai Barni (1904), Banharn Silpa-archa (1932), Adam Osborne (1939), Suchinda Kraprayoon (1933), and Pumpuang Duangjan (1961). After him are Kriangsak Chamanan (1917), Pote Sarasin (1905), Suraphol Sombatcharoen (1930), Thongchai McIntyre (1958), Kriengsak Kovitvanit (1949), and Buakaw Banchamek (1982).

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Among POLITICIANS In Thailand

Among politicians born in Thailand, Damrong Rajanubhab ranks 48. Before him are Prawit Wongsuwon (1945), Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena (1887), Anand Panyarachun (1932), Chavalit Yongchaiyudh (1932), Banharn Silpa-archa (1932), and Suchinda Kraprayoon (1933). After him are Kriangsak Chamanan (1917), Pote Sarasin (1905), Chavarat Charnvirakul (1936), Sanya Dharmasakti (1907), Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan (1948), and Thawan Thamrongnawasawat (1901).

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