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Henry Knox

1750 - 1806

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Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806) was a Boston bookseller, military officer and politician. A Founding Father of the United States, he became a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, serving as chief of artillery in most of Washington's campaigns. Following the American Revolution, he oversaw the War Department under the Articles of Confederation from 1785 to 1789. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Knox has received more than 1,541,009 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Knox is the 13,438th most popular politician (down from 12,572nd in 2019), the 5,674th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,525th in 2019) and the 363rd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Knox ranks 13,438 out of 19,576. Before him are Nikola Kljusev, Eduardo Rodríguez, Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Manasseh Sogavare, Thomas Preljubović, and Ashur-nirari IV. After him are Eudokia Dekapolitissa, Gaius Sosius, Quintus Fabius Maximus, Wu Den-yih, Gaius Claudius Pulcher, and Pietro Barbolano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Henry Knox ranks 37. Before him are Anton Stamitz, Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, Daniel Gottlob Türk, Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Ignacy Potocki. After him are Besiki, Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Christian Konrad Sprengel, Prince Frederick of Great Britain, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, and Aaron Arrowsmith. Among people deceased in 1806, Henry Knox ranks 42. Before him are Eugenios Voulgaris, Charles James Fox, Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, Gabriel François Doyen, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, and Karoline von Günderrode. After him are Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Ignaz Schiffermüller, Heinrich Christian Boie, Benjamin Banneker, Rana Bahadur Shah, and Robert Morris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Knox ranks 5,674 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Morgan (1915), Carl Lumbly (1951), Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856), Kenneth Noland (1924), Anita Borg (1949), and Forrest Smithson (1884). After him are Paul Sweezy (1910), Roger Sherman (1721), Emerson Spencer (1906), Allen Woodring (1898), Bobby Morrow (1935), and Hal Moore (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Henry Knox ranks 363. Before him are Osceola (1804), Eric Adams (1960), Budge Patty (1924), Eugene McCarthy (1916), Chief Joseph (1840), and J. William Fulbright (1905). After him are Roger Sherman (1721), Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810), Eric Shinseki (1942), Vince Lombardi (1913), Sally Yates (1960), and Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815).

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