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Henry Pottinger

1789 - 1856

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Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pottinger, 1st Baronet, (Chinese: 砵甸乍, 璞鼎查; 3 October 1789 – 18 March 1856) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator who became the first Governor of Hong Kong. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Pottinger has received more than 154,880 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Henry Pottinger is the 11,245th most popular politician (down from 10,669th in 2019), the 2,499th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 384th most popular British Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Pottinger ranks 11,245 out of 15,577. Before him are Võ Văn Kiệt, Beatrice of England, Nicolò Marcello, Hernán Siles Zuazo, Erik Eriksen, and Majid bin Said of Zanzibar. After him are William Fermor, John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Oleksandr Moroz, Infante Enrique, Duke of Seville, Chung Hong-won, and Manuel Doukas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1789, Henry Pottinger ranks 29. Before him are Charles Rivière-Hérard, William Cranch Bond, Silvio Pellico, Auguste Couder, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, and Gamzat-bek. After him are Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, Friedrich Silcher, Leona Vicario, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Richard Bright, and Martín Javier Mina y Larrea. Among people deceased in 1856, Henry Pottinger ranks 34. Before him are Johann Kaspar Mertz, Karel Havlíček Borovský, Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, Wilhelm von Biela, Emil Aarestrup, and Vicente López y Planes. After him are Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, Agostino Bassi, Lev Perovski, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, Josef Kajetán Tyl, and Johan August Wahlberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Pottinger ranks 2,499 out of 7,765. Before him are Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762), Steve Bruce (1960), David Burke (1934), Pete Burns (1959), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), and Terry-Thomas (1911). After him are George Rooke (1650), Ioan Gruffudd (1973), James H. Wilkinson (1919), Malo (487), Richard Dadd (1817), and Andrew Ridgeley (1963).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Pottinger ranks 384. Before him are Henry Ireton (1611), Edwin of Northumbria (586), Roger Williams (1603), Mary McAleese (1951), Banastre Tarleton (1754), and Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735). After him are Sigeberht of Wessex (750), Ken Livingstone (1945), Charles James Fox (1749), Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869), Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405), and Alexander Mackenzie (1822).

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