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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 3,044,870 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Edward Colston is the 292nd most popular businessperson (down from 209th in 2019), the 2,015th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,586th in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Businessperson.

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  • 52.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Edward Colston ranks 292 out of 601. Before him are Robert Monroe, David Stern, François-Henri Pinault, Chuck Feeney, Lazare Ponticelli, and B. C. Forbes. After him are Jimmy Lai, Colonel Tom Parker, Ken Aston, Serge Dassault, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Bruce Buck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1636, Edward Colston ranks 9. Before him are Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Laura Mancini, Adriaen van de Velde, Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Melchior d'Hondecoeter. After him are Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Nikolai Spathari, Charles de La Fosse, Melchiorre Cafà, Gregório de Matos, and Thomas Traherne. Among people deceased in 1721, Edward Colston ranks 11. Before him are Charles Vane, Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Johann Christoph Bach, and Rudolf Jakob Camerarius. After him are Elihu Yale, Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal, and James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Colston ranks 2,015 out of 7,765. Before him are Claude Auchinleck (1884), Chris Bristow (1937), Tony Brooks (1932), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Jane Morris (1839), and Ken Robinson (1950). After him are Elihu Thomson (1853), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Donald Crisp (1882), Eddie Irvine (1965), Hugh Dowding (1882), and William Speirs Bruce (1867).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Edward Colston ranks 17. Before him are Ron Dennis (1947), Thomas Lipton (1848), David Icke (1952), Vidal Sassoon (1928), David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961), and B. C. Forbes (1880). After him are Ken Aston (1915), Mark Thatcher (1953), Edward Cave (1691), Alfred Edwards (1850), Henry Cole (1808), and Thomas Blake Glover (1838).

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