1685 - 1768
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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Among lawyers, George Hadley ranks 63 out of 68. Before 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.
1892 - 1944
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 57
1857 - 1938
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 58
1584 - 1654
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 59
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 60
1946 - 2022
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 61
1916 - 1997
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 62
1685 - 1768
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 63
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 64
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 65
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 66
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 67
1835 - 1922
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 68
1964 - Present
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 69
Among people born in 1685, George Hadley ranks 22. Before 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 20. Before him are Michel Blavet, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Giuseppe Simone Assemani, Princess Louisa of Great Britain, Robert Simson, and Eggert Ólafsson.
1685 - 1766
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 16
1685 - 1762
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 17
1685 - 1753
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 18
1685 - 1760
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 19
1685 - 1746
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 20
1685 - 1761
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 21
1685 - 1768
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 22
1685 - 1759
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 23
1700 - 1768
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 14
1693 - 1768
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 15
1686 - 1768
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 16
1749 - 1768
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 17
1687 - 1768
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 18
1726 - 1768
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 19
1685 - 1768
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 20
Among people born in United Kingdom, George Hadley ranks 3,826 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1723 - 1791
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 3,820
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 3,821
1950 - 2013
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 3,822
1735 - 1800
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 3,823
1945 - 2022
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 3,824
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 3,825
1685 - 1768
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 3,826
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 3,827
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 3,828
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 3,829
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 3,830
1867 - 1950
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 3,831
1867 - 1905
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 3,832
Among lawyers born in United Kingdom, George Hadley ranks 5. Before him are Peter Benenson (1921), William Blackstone (1723), Henry de Bracton (1210), and John Selden (1584). After him are A. V. Dicey (1835).
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 1
1723 - 1780
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 2
1210 - 1268
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 3
1584 - 1654
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 4
1685 - 1768
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 5
1835 - 1922
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 6