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George Read

1733 - 1798

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George Read (September 18, 1733 – September 21, 1798) was an American politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a Continental Congressman from Delaware, a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, president of Delaware, and a member of the Federalist Party. In addition, Read served as U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Read has received more than 12,503 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). George Read is the 12,613th most popular politician (up from 15,264th in 2019), the 4,983rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,515th in 2019) and the 326th most popular American Politician.

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  • 57.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Read ranks 12,613 out of 19,576. Before him are Juho Sunila, Robert of Vermandois, Liang Na, Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark, Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, and Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia. After him are Nawruz Beg, Herluf Bidstrup, Agvan Dorzhiev, Ceol of Wessex, Giovanni II Participazio, and Henry Paulson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1733, George Read ranks 14. Before him are Jean-Charles de Borda, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Gottfried van Swieten, Daniel Solander, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, and Maruyama Ōkyo. After him are Philip Carteret, Adam Naruszewicz, Johan Zoffany, Ismail III, Richard Kirwan, and Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter. Among people deceased in 1798, George Read ranks 20. Before him are François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Yuan Mei, Infanta María Amalia of Spain, Antoine de Chézy, Christian Cannabich, and Gaetano Pugnani. After him are Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, Laurynas Gucevičius, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, James Wilson, John Fitch, and Wolfe Tone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Read ranks 4,983 out of 20,380. Before him are Gene Barry (1919), Rita Coolidge (1945), Clarence Nash (1904), James Rosenquist (1933), Herbert Ross (1927), and Brie Larson (1989). After him are Ruth Roman (1922), Matt Bomer (1977), Bambi Woods (1955), Herman Wouk (1915), Henry Paulson (1946), and Kevin Smith (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Read ranks 326. Before him are Bill Richardson (1947), Joseph Brant (1742), William Joseph Simmons (1880), Walter Isaacson (1952), Daniel Morgan (1736), and Eddie Lawson (1958). After him are Henry Paulson (1946), Edward Stettinius Jr. (1900), William J. Donovan (1883), Daniel Webster (1782), Hunter Biden (1970), and Brent Scowcroft (1925).

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