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David Kelly

1944 - 2003

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David Christopher Kelly (14 May 1944 – 17 July 2003) was a Welsh scientist and authority on biological warfare (BW). A former head of the Defence Microbiology Division working at Porton Down, Kelly was part of a joint US-UK team that inspected civilian biotechnology facilities in Russia in the early 1990s and concluded they were running a covert and illegal BW programme. He was appointed to the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) in 1991 as one of its chief weapons inspectors in Iraq and led ten of the organisation's missions between May 1991 and December 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Kelly has received more than 78,430 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. David Kelly is the 17,281st most popular politician (down from 15,833rd in 2019), the 5,595th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,141st in 2019) and the 622nd most popular British Politician.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Kelly ranks 17,281 out of 19,576. Before him are Magomedsalam Magomedov, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Tip O'Neill, Witold Waszczykowski, Ron Klain, and Gabrielius Landsbergis. After him are Eeva Ruoppa, Kenas Aroi, Matilda Howell, William Gibbs McAdoo, Ulrich Wehling, and Paul Nitze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, David Kelly ranks 690. Before him are Andrew Davis, Loren Shriver, Peter Giles, Washington Rodríguez, Avinash Dixit, and Carl Pomerance. After him are John-David F. Bartoe, Mike Enzi, Marta Kristen, Ann Oakley, Shelley Fabares, and Magdaleno Mercado. Among people deceased in 2003, David Kelly ranks 348. Before him are C. Douglas Dillon, Bill Bright, Lou Harrison, Kathleen Raine, Hank Ballard, and Franklin Farrell. After him are Robert Detweiler, Erland Herkenrath, Malik Meraj Khalid, Juha Tiainen, Al Hirschfeld, and Road Warrior Hawk.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Kelly ranks 5,595 out of 8,785. Before him are Hans Matheson (1975), Les Leston (1920), Lucy Gordon (1980), David Jack (1898), Fred Martin (1929), and Thomas Percy (1729). After him are Elizabeth Allan (1910), Sandrine Holt (1972), Bryan Steel (1969), Finola Hughes (1959), Marsha Thomason (1976), and Rob Knox (1989).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, David Kelly ranks 622. Before him are Dru Drury (1725), David Amess (1952), Peter Mandelson (1953), Thomas Norton (1532), Abraham Beame (1906), and Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey (1851). After him are Ben Wallace (1970), Shashi Tharoor (1956), Nick Clegg (1967), Kenneth Clarke (1940), William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (1918), and Harry Atkinson (1831).

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