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MILITARY PERSONNEL

George Rogers Clark

1752 - 1818

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George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was an American military officer and surveyor from Virginia who became the highest-ranking Patriot military officer on the northwestern frontier during the Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the Virginia militia in Kentucky (then part of Virginia) throughout much of the war. He is best known for his captures of Kaskaskia in 1778 and Vincennes in 1779 during the Illinois campaign, which greatly weakened British influence in the Northwest Territory (then part of the British Province of Quebec) and earned Clark the nickname of "Conqueror of the Old Northwest". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Rogers Clark has received more than 1,003,574 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). George Rogers Clark is the 1,622nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,430th in 2019), the 10,132nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,336th in 2019) and the 159th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George Rogers Clark ranks 1,622 out of 1,468Before him are Richard H. Anderson, Earl Van Dorn, Frederick E. Morgan, Sterling Price, Redvers Buller, and Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet. After him are Polad Hashimov, Franciszek Gągor, Thomas Blamey, Abu Anas al-Libi, Aytaç Yalman, and Nathaniel Lyon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1752, George Rogers Clark ranks 35Before him are Frances Burney, Antonio Scarpa, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, Barnaba Oriani, Palisot de Beauvois, and Gouverneur Morris. After him is Philip Freneau. Among people deceased in 1818, George Rogers Clark ranks 41Before him are Ivan Kulibin, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Joachim Heinrich Campe, Henry Lee III, Johann David Wyss, and Jean Baptiste Point du Sable.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Rogers Clark ranks 10,132 out of 18,182Before him are Rick Scott (1952), Ken Ribet (1948), Rulon Gardner (1971), Edward Hennig (1879), Arthur Laurents (1917), and Dee Bradley Baker (1962). After him are Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870), Nicole Richie (1981), Lynn Harrell (1944), Ellie Kemper (1980), Bill Laswell (1955), and Ethel Clayton (1882).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, George Rogers Clark ranks 159Before him are George Henry Thomas (1816), Leonidas Polk (1806), John Buford (1826), Richard H. Anderson (1821), Earl Van Dorn (1820), and Sterling Price (1809). After him are Nathaniel Lyon (1818), John O'Connor (1920), John Sullivan (1740), Isaac Shelby (1750), Zebulon Pike (1779), and Richard Myers (1942).