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Harry Atkinson

1831 - 1892

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Sir Harry Albert Atkinson (1 November 1831 – 28 June 1892) served as the tenth premier of New Zealand on four separate occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years. He was responsible for guiding the country during a time of economic depression, and was known as a cautious and prudent manager of government finances, though distrusted for some policies such as his 1882 National Insurance (welfare) scheme and leasehold land schemes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Atkinson has received more than 75,005 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Harry Atkinson is the 17,358th most popular politician (down from 16,151st in 2019), the 5,671st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,423rd in 2019) and the 628th most popular British Politician.

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  • 75k

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  • 40.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harry Atkinson ranks 17,358 out of 19,576. Before him are Balakh Sher Mazari, Khaled Bahah, Uma Bharti, Zbigniew Ziobro, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, and Mehmet Şimşek. After him are Quintus Veranius, Kathleen Sebelius, Sam Matekane, Domingos Simões Pereira, Sylvie Goulard, and Rui Maria de Araújo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Harry Atkinson ranks 102. Before him are Eduard von Martens, Peter Tait, Mariano Baptista, Adolfo Ballivián, John Schofield, and Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon. After him are Richard Norman Shaw, and Daniel Manning. Among people deceased in 1892, Harry Atkinson ranks 86. Before him are Johan Sverdrup, James Skivring Smith, Teréz Karacs, John Greenleaf Whittier, Pieter Willem Korthals, and Edward Augustus Freeman. After him is Newton Booth.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harry Atkinson ranks 5,671 out of 8,785. Before him are Louise Rayner (1832), Timothy Gowers (1963), Peter Doherty (1913), Jimmy Mullen (1923), Susan Bassnett (1945), and William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (1918). After him are Jack Huston (1982), Conn Iggulden (1971), Douglas Lowe (1902), Simon Kirke (1949), James Allison (1968), and Holmes Herbert (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Harry Atkinson ranks 628. Before him are David Kelly (1944), Ben Wallace (1970), Shashi Tharoor (1956), Nick Clegg (1967), Kenneth Clarke (1940), and William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (1918). After him are Richard Seddon (1845), Suella Braverman (1980), Peter Fraser (1884), John Bright (1811), John Ballance (1839), and Susie Wolff (1982).

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