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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

1850 - 1916

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Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (; 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a senior British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his involvement in the Second Boer War, and his central role in the early part of the First World War. Kitchener was credited in 1898 for having won the Battle of Omdurman and securing control of the Sudan, for which he was made Baron Kitchener of Khartoum. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener has received more than 2,771,869 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener is the 78th most popular engineer (up from 90th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 62nd in 2019) and the most popular Irish Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ranks 78 out of 323. Before him are Ross Brawn, Henry Royce, Viktor Belenko, Loránd Eötvös, Adam Czerniaków, and Nikolay Zhukovsky. After him are Jack Swigert, Marcel Renault, Vannevar Bush, Józef Bem, Henri Farman, and Vasily Degtyaryov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ranks 28. Before him are Lluís Domènech i Montaner, César Ritz, Besarion Jughashvili, Sami Frashëri, William Morris Davis, and Ivan Vazov. After him are Mikhail Chigorin, Zdeněk Fibich, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, Pavel Axelrod, Jack Daniel, and Giuseppe Mercalli. Among people deceased in 1916, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ranks 43. Before him are Julius Fučík, Pierre Duhem, Vasily Surikov, Antonio Sant'Elia, Joseph Gallieni, and Théodule-Armand Ribot. After him are Hans Richter, Hugo Münsterberg, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Torakusu Yamaha, Ōyama Iwao, and Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ranks 57 out of 501. Before him are Ernest Walton (1903), John Toland (1670), Thomas Moore (1779), Edward England (1685), Mary Jane Kelly (1863), and David Kelly (1929). After him are Colin Farrell (1976), Christy Brown (1932), Malcolm II of Scotland (954), James Ussher (1581), George Francis FitzGerald (1851), and William C. Campbell (1930).

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Among ENGINEERS In Ireland

Among engineers born in Ireland, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ranks 1. After him are Robert Mallet (1810).

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