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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Edward Braddock

1695 - 1755

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Edward Braddock (January 1695 – 13 July 1755) was a British officer and commander-in-chief for the Thirteen Colonies during the start of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), the North American front of what is known in Europe and Canada as the Seven Years' War (1756–1763). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Braddock has received more than 645,822 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Edward Braddock is the 1,406th most popular military personnel (down from 1,151st in 2019), the 2,913th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,346th in 2019) and the 74th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Edward Braddock ranks 1,406 out of 1,468Before him are Riad al-Asaad, Dmitry Lavrinenko, Nadezhda Popova, Alan Cunningham, Friedrich von Ingenohl, and Gnaeus Servilius Geminus. After him are Irvin McDowell, Boston Corbett, George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, Christopher Cradock, Philotas, and Bipin Rawat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1695, Edward Braddock ranks 12Before him are Henri Pitot, Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, John Bevis, Giuseppe Sammartini, François de Cuvilliés, and Johann Christian Günther.  Among people deceased in 1755, Edward Braddock ranks 12Before him are Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Johann Georg Gmelin, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Johann Georg Pisendel, Philipp Stamma, and Stepan Krasheninnikov. After him are Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen and Maurice Greene.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Braddock ranks 2,913 out of 7,765Before him are Jill Esmond (1908), Michael Winner (1935), William Bradford (1590), Michael Gothard (1939), Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374), and Cyril Scott (1879). After him are Carl Cox (1962), Wilfrid (634), Toby Stephens (1969), Davy Jones (1945), Marc Almond (1957), and Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Edward Braddock ranks 74Before him are James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), John Burgoyne (1722), Ronald Speirs (1920), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Lawrence Oates (1880), and Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436). After him are Boston Corbett (1832), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), Christopher Cradock (1862), Roy Urquhart (1901), Thomas Gage (1719), and Tom Phillips (1888).