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George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll

1823 - 1900

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George John Douglas Campbell, 8th and 1st Duke of Argyll (30 April 1823 – 24 April 1900; styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847), was a Scottish polymath and Liberal statesman. He made a significant geological discovery in the 1850s when his tenant found fossilized leaves embedded among basalt lava on the Island of Mull. He also helped to popularize ornithology and was one of the first to give a detailed account of the principles of bird flight in the hopes of advancing artificial aerial navigation (i.e. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll has received more than 261,001 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll is the 16,733rd most popular politician (down from 15,276th in 2019), the 5,110th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,677th in 2019) and the 588th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 16,733 out of 19,576. Before him are Anky van Grunsven, Jake Sullivan, Djoomart Otorbaev, Tomislav Karamarko, Eric Williams, and Marcus Stephen. After him are Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein, Albino Jara, Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Katrin Göring-Eckardt, Estanislau da Silva, and Saliamonas Banaitis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 79. Before him are Guillermo Tell Villegas, Henry Wirz, Manolache Costache Epureanu, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Mackenzie Bowell, and Coventry Patmore. After him are Edward Augustus Freeman, William Hart, Francis Parkman, George Henry Williams, and Thomas Francis Meagher. Among people deceased in 1900, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 95. Before him are Ernest Dowson, William Stanley Haseltine, Tomás Gomensoro Albín, Raimundo Andueza Palacio, Jasper Francis Cropsey, and George Grove. After him are Ali Shah Durrani, R. D. Blackmore, and Augustus Pitt Rivers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 5,110 out of 8,785. Before him are Heather Mills (1968), Charles Sheffield (1935), E. W. Hornung (1866), Mark Jones (1933), Benjamin Vulliamy (1747), and Hugh Huxley (1924). After him are Josephine Tewson (1931), George Alexander Macfarren (1813), Lancelot Hogben (1895), Brian Kidd (1949), Titus Oates (1649), and Harvey Barnes (1997).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 588. Before him are Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762), Albert Oldman (1883), John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792), James McHenry (1753), Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), and Erskine Childers (1870). After him are Titus Oates (1649), William Lyon Mackenzie (1795), Nellie Sengupta (1886), William Paterson (1745), Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), and Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748).

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