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George Hadley

1685 - 1768

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George Hadley (12 February 1685 – 28 June 1768) was an English lawyer and amateur meteorologist who proposed the atmospheric mechanism by which the trade winds are sustained, which is now named in his honour as Hadley circulation. As a key factor in ensuring that European sailing vessels reached North American shores, understanding the trade winds was becoming a matter of great importance at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Hadley has received more than 61,445 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. George Hadley is the 63rd most popular lawyer (down from 50th in 2019), the 3,826th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,118th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Lawyer.

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  • 17

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  • 3.87

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  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, George Hadley ranks 63 out of 68Before him are Wendell Willkie, Clarence Darrow, John Selden, Abdulqawi Yusuf, Ken Starr, and Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem. After him are Louise Arbour, Michael Cohen, Merrick Garland, Christopher A. Wray, A. V. Dicey, and Doug Emhoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1685, George Hadley ranks 22Before him are Dominikus Zimmermann, Francesco Loredan, Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, George Clifford III, Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. After him is Jacob Theodor Klein. Among people deceased in 1768, George Hadley ranks 20Before him are Michel Blavet, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Giuseppe Simone Assemani, Princess Louisa of Great Britain, Robert Simson, and Eggert Ólafsson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Hadley ranks 3,826 out of 7,765Before him are Richard Price (1723), Mark Haddon (1962), Trevor Bolder (1950), Jesse Ramsden (1735), Giuseppe Wilson (1945), and John Farnham (1949). After him are Simon West (1961), Ron Geesin (1943), Gavin Rossdale (1965), Jane Lapotaire (1944), Frederick Keeping (1867), and Harold Mahony (1867).

Among LAWYERS In United Kingdom

Among lawyers born in United Kingdom, George Hadley ranks 5Before him are Peter Benenson (1921), William Blackstone (1723), Henry de Bracton (1210), and John Selden (1584). After him are A. V. Dicey (1835).