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Edward Colston

1636 - 1721

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Edward Colston (2 November 1636 – 11 October 1721) was an English merchant, slave trader, philanthropist, and Tory Member of Parliament. Colston followed his father in the family business becoming a sea merchant, initially trading in wine, fruits and textiles, mainly in Spain, Portugal and other European ports. From 1680 to 1692 he was a member of the Royal African Company, which held a monopoly on the English trade along the west coast of Africa, in slaves, gold, silver and ivory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Colston has received more than 3,081,563 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Colston is the 407th most popular businessperson (down from 292nd in 2019), the 2,696th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,010th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Businessperson.

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  • 18

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  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Edward Colston ranks 407 out of 847. Before him are Tatsumi Kimishima, Li Ning, Robert Monroe, Paul Rusesabagina, Ken Aston, and William Knox D'Arcy. After him are Lawrence Stroll, Roy Raymond, Ron Woodroof, David Sarnoff, Steve Chen, and Charles Yerkes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1636, Edward Colston ranks 14. Before him are Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Libéral Bruant, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Nikolai Spathari, Charles de La Fosse, and Melchiorre Cafà. After him are Gregório de Matos, Jan Chryzostom Pasek, Justine Siegemund, and Thomas Traherne. Among people deceased in 1721, Edward Colston ranks 13. Before him are Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Johann Christoph Bach, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, Pierre Daniel Huet, and Elihu Yale. After him are James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, and Zinat-un-Nissa Begum.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Colston ranks 2,696 out of 8,785. Before him are Glen Matlock (1956), Jack Taylor (1930), Israel Zangwill (1864), Ron Atkinson (1939), Paul Davies (1946), and Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871). After him are Eric Ambler (1909), Samuel Morland (1625), Jimmy Gardner (1924), Asser (900), Philip Jackson (1948), and Benedict Wong (1971).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Edward Colston ranks 25. Before him are B. C. Forbes (1880), Thomas Blake Glover (1838), Mark Thatcher (1953), Henry Cole (1808), Ken Aston (1915), and William Knox D'Arcy (1849). After him are Jim Marshall (1923), Jim Ratcliffe (1952), Angus Ogilvy (1928), Fred Karno (1866), Neil Aspinall (1941), and Andrew Planche (1727).

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