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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 British 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 244,034 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll is the 15,332nd most popular politician (down from 13,915th in 2019), the 4,687th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,446th in 2019) and the 557th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 15,332 out of 15,577. Before him are Assimi Goïta, Norbert Röttgen, Tomio Okamura, Liberato Marcial Rojas, Waldemar Pawlak, and Lipit-Enlil. After him are Ella Pamfilova, Henri Emmanuelli, Kim Sol-song, John Smith, Chokri Belaid, and Miyeegombyn Enkhbold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 68. Before him are William M. Tweed, Emilio Arrieta, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Spencer Fullerton Baird, and Charlotte Mary Yonge. After him are Mackenzie Bowell, Francis Parkman, Coventry Patmore, and George Henry Williams. Among people deceased in 1900, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 78. Before him are Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Charles Piazzi Smyth, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Nicolae Crețulescu, and Ali Shah Durrani. After him are Tomás Gomensoro Albín, Ernest Dowson, George Grove, 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 4,687 out of 7,765. Before him are Roma Ryan (1950), Mark Jones (1933), David Mackenzie (1966), Edgar Syers (1863), Edmund Gosse (1849), and Justin Wilson (1978). After him are Geoffrey Unsworth (1914), John Smith (1938), Jodie Comer (1993), Andrea Arnold (1961), Ann Lee (1967), and James Frain (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 557. Before him are Abraham Beame (1906), Samuel Plimsoll (1824), Neil Kinnock (1942), Lindsay Hoyle (1957), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845), and Amina J. Mohammed (1961). After him are John Smith (1938), Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868), George Reid (1845), Mackenzie Bowell (1823), John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860), and Titus Oates (1649).

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