POLITICIAN

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

1862 - 1933

Photo of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

Icon of person Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, (25 April 1862 – 7 September 1933), better known as Sir Edward Grey, was a British statesman and Liberal Party politician who was the main force behind British foreign policy in the era of the First World War. An adherent of the "New Liberalism", he served as Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916, the longest continuous tenure of any holder of that office. He renewed the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1911. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon has received more than 543,538 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon is the 8,669th most popular politician (up from 8,875th in 2019), the 1,721st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,879th in 2019) and the 268th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodons by language

Over the past year Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon has had the most page views in the with 64,273 views, followed by German (6,764), and Italian (5,489). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (61.39%), Esperanto (56.25%), and Hungarian (27.83%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon ranks 8,669 out of 19,576. Before him are Taur Matan Ruak, Eadgifu of Wessex, Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, Margaret of Foix, Chiang Fang-liang, and Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. After him are Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, Juan Belmonte, Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Daniele Manin, Yesü Möngke, and Sinsharishkun.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon ranks 62. Before him are Nicholas Murray Butler, Eugen Ehrlich, Edvard Westermarck, Adolphe Appia, Léon Boëllmann, and Sergei Nilus. After him are Louis Botha, Paul Adam, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Okakura Kakuzō, and Alimardan Topchubashov. Among people deceased in 1933, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon ranks 49. Before him are Roscoe Arbuckle, Henri Duparc, Pierre Paul Émile Roux, Sen Katayama, Hermann von François, and Theodor Lessing. After him are Frank Jarvis, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Giovanni Giacometti, Princess Mathilde of Saxony, and Albert Apponyi.

Others Born in 1862

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1933

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon ranks 1,721 out of 8,785. Before him are Wat Tyler (1341), Lulach (1030), Eadgifu of Wessex (null), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870), and Israel Kirzner (1930). After him are Richard Williamson (1940), Ian Callaghan (1942), Anthony Blunt (1907), Gary Glitter (1944), Richard Aldington (1892), and Roger Cotes (1682).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon ranks 268. Before him are Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477), Lulach (1030), Eadgifu of Wessex (null), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), and Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870). After him are Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Owain Glyndŵr (1359), Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), Donald Maclean (1913), and Asma al-Assad (1975).

British born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous