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Edmund Barton

1849 - 1920

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Sir Edmund "Toby" Barton (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920) was an Australian politician, barrister and jurist who served as the first prime minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903. He held office as the leader of the Protectionist Party, before resigning in 1903 to become a founding justice of the High Court of Australia, serving until his death in 1920. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Barton has received more than 970,684 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Edmund Barton is the 10,977th most popular politician (up from 12,192nd in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Australia (up from 129th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Australian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edmund Barton ranks 10,977 out of 19,576. Before him are Dan II of Wallachia, Margaret of Thuringia, Sekula Drljević, Andry Rajoelina, Jerónimo Saavedra, and Laodice VI. After him are Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso, Konoe Sakihisa, Louis, Duke of Guyenne, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Henrique Rosa, and Fenenna of Kuyavia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Edmund Barton ranks 60. Before him are Fritz Mauthner, Jean Richepin, Mohammad Yaqub Khan, Ruy Barbosa, William Ernest Henley, and Károly Khuen-Héderváry. After him are Luther Burbank, Nikolai Nebogatov, Albert Heim, Olena Pchilka, Charles F. Brush, and Ferdinand Brunetière. Among people deceased in 1920, Edmund Barton ranks 66. Before him are Vladimir Kappel, Richard Dehmel, Karl Binding, Teresa of the Andes, Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, and Remus von Woyrsch. After him are Adolf Albin, Vladimir Makovsky, Gyula Benczúr, Nasib Yusifbeyli, Hector Hodler, and Delfim Moreira.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Edmund Barton ranks 98 out of 1,143. Before him are Jason Clarke (1969), Travis Fimmel (1979), John Curtin (1885), Christopher Doyle (1952), Banjo Paterson (1864), and Jacki Weaver (1947). After him are Miranda Otto (1967), Bob Hawke (1929), Vernon Wells (1945), David Warren (1925), Bob Hewitt (1940), and George Pell (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Australia

Among politicians born in Australia, Edmund Barton ranks 7. Before him are Gough Whitlam (1916), David Hurley (1953), Harold Holt (1908), John Howard (1939), Anthony Albanese (1963), and John Curtin (1885). After him are Bob Hawke (1929), Kevin Rudd (1957), Robert Menzies (1894), Bill Hayden (1933), Peter Scully (1963), and Dawn Fraser (1937).

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